CVE - CVE-2016-7994

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-7994	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20161007 CVE request Qemu virtio-gpu: memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161008 Re: CVE request Qemu virtio-gpu: memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/3 MLIST:[qemu-devel] 20160919 Re: [PATCH] virtio-gpu: fix memory leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04083.html GENTOO:GLSA-201611-11 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:3237 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html BID:93453 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93453
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20160909	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160909)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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