CVE - CVE-2016-9846

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9846	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to a memory leakage issue. It could occur while updating the cursor data in update_cursor_data_virgl. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak host memory bytes, resulting in DoS for a host.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20161205 CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/18 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161205 Re: CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/23 MLIST:[qemu-devel] 20161101 [PATCH] virtio-gpu: fix memory leak in update_cursor_data_virgl URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg00029.html GENTOO:GLSA-201701-49 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 BID:94765 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94765
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20161205	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 (20161205)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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