CVE-2016-9104

medium

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) v9fs_xattr_read and (2) v9fs_xattr_write functions in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via a crafted offset, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02942.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93956

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/28/2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-09

Updated: 2020-10-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium