CVE-2016-9846

Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: memory leakage while updating cursor data

Published Dec 29, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10646 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:59 AM
Reserved
Dec 5, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 29, 2016, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 1, 2016, 12:00 AM