CVE-2016-8577

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CVSS 3.1

6.0 medium

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Nov 4, 2016 (Nov 4, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 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.

Vendors: qemu debian opensuse
Products: qemu, debian linux, leap
Weakness: CWE-772
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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