CVE-2016-9915

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

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 37.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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.

Published

2016-12-29 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-08

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
• CWE-244Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection')Variant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b8aae41b8ecde451c9f5e414649552b2a266e6381273bcb73d54139de9c11bcb

• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com94729http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94729vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20161116 [PATCH v3 0/4] 9pfs: add cleanup operation in handle/proxy backendhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg03278.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-49https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161207 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbackshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161208 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: memory leakage via proxy/handle callbackshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=971f406b77a6eb84e0ad27dcc416b663765aee30x_refsource_CONFIRM