CVE-2016-9845

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur while processing 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET_INFO' command. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak contents of the host memory bytes.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/15	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/22	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94763	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00019.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc2::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-12-29 22:59

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:11

NVD link : CVE-2016-9845

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9845

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9845

JSON object : View

Products Affected

qemu

qemu

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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