CVE-2016-8578
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
Description
The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation.
How to fix CVE-2016-8578
To remediate CVE-2016-8578, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/qemu—upgrade to 2.8.1-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.8+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-8578 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.8.1-r1
- from 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
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 |