CVE-2016-9846
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.08%
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while updating the cursor data in update_cursor_data_virgl. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes, resulting in DoS for a host.
How to fix CVE-2016-9846
To remediate CVE-2016-9846, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.8+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9846 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |