CVE-2016-8577
MEDIUM6.0EPSS 0.11%Published: 11/4/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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 packages (2)
- Alpine/qemufrom 0, < 2.8.1-r1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
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:N/I:N/A:H |