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CVE-2016-9101 Details

Description

Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.

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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg03024.html CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/14 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.7.1

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
42.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9101
NVD Published Date:
Dec 9, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-9101 Details - Not Deferred