CVE-2016-8578

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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

The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation.

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

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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