CVE-2016-9101
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
Memory leak in hw/net/eepro100.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging an i8255x (PRO100) NIC device.
How to fix CVE-2016-9101
To remediate CVE-2016-9101, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/qemu—upgrade to 2.8.1-r1 or later
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.8+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9101 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 |