CVE-2016-8577

MEDIUM 6.0CVE-2016-8577 · Published 04/11/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-8577 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability affecting qemu (qemu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.39%, higher than 33.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
qemu qemu	`≤ 2.7.1`	No fix yet

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.

References

git.qemu.org
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/13 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/7 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/93473 · Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

qemu

≤ 2.7.1

No fix yet

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