CVE-2016-7116
MEDIUM6.0EPSS 0.86%qemu-kvm - security update
Published: 12/10/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to access host files outside the export path via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified string.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u15
- Debian/qemu-kvmfrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u15
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |