01 Record

CVE-2009-3616

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 3.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2009-10-23 18:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-10-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bdc87dd4ef5436106fb01df31988120f8bea8e224323f9272e54d136500e660a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

qemuqemuNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

06 References

bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131x_refsource_CONFIRM
git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091016 Re: QEMU VNC use-after-freehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5x_refsource_CONFIRM
marc.info[qemu-devel] 20090525 Re: [STABLE] [BUG] VNC mode can crash QEMUhttp://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com36716http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091016 QEMU VNC use-after-freehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

qemu
Fixed in 0.11.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

qemu
Fixed in 0.11.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

qemu
Fixed in 0.11.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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