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CVE-2016-9912
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while…
Medium6.5EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while destroying gpu resource object in 'virtio_gpu_resource_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes, resulting in DoS for a host.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- [oss-security] 20161208 Re: CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage when destroying gpu resource (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-49 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 94760 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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