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CVE-2016-10155 Details

Description

Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb7a20a3616085d46aa6b4b4224e15587ec67e6e CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.8.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-10155
NVD Published Date:
Mar 15, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-10155 Details - Not Deferred