CVE-2016-9907

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Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.

6.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.9 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94759 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary CVE-2016-9907 Qemu: usb: redirector: memory leakage when destroying redirector Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9907', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9907', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402265', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402265', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 21:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9907 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402265 -
Summary Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host. CVE-2016-9907 Qemu: usb: redirector: memory leakage when destroying redirector

04 Aug 2021, 17:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*		 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2016-12-23 22:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-9907

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9907

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9907

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • openstack
  • virtualization

qemu

  • qemu

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime