PT-2016-7346 · Qemu+3 · Qemu+3
Li Qiang
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Published
2016-09-21
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2016-7466
CVSS v3.1
6.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) versions (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak in the
usb xhci exit function, which can be triggered by local guest OS administrators when the xhci uses msix. This can cause a denial of service due to memory consumption and potentially lead to a QEMU process crash by repeatedly unplugging a USB device.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
DoS
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Qemu
Suse
Ubuntu