CVE-2016-10155
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
Description
Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
How to fix CVE-2016-10155
To remediate CVE-2016-10155, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/qemu—upgrade to 2.8.1.1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.8+dfsg-2 or later
Is CVE-2016-10155 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.8.1.1-r0
- from 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |