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CVE-2016-8577
MEDIUM · CVSS 6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-04T21:59:01.520 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:32.710

Summary

Memory leak in the v9fs_read function in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors related to an I/O read operation.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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