01 Record

CVE-2016-8577

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

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: 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 32.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 6.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2016-11-04 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8218fa8a968a25590a0f84a6949f81fea731ca2deddc873f2b08b475c31e7693

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

opensuseleapNot specified—

qemuqemuNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatopenstackNot specified—

06 References

git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e95c9a493a5a8d6f969e86c9f19f80ffe6587e19x_refsource_CONFIRM
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161010 CVE request: Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_readhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3237http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161010 Re: CVE request: Qemu: 9pfs: host memory leakage in v9fs_readhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com93473http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93473vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

01 Record index

CVE-2016-8577

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-8577

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References