CVE-2016-8578
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 4, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2016
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20161010 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs routinesmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20161010 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs routinesmailing-list
- GLSA-201611-11vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3237vendor-advisory
- 93474vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- [qemu-devel] 20160927 Re: [PATCH] 9pfs: make unmarshal V9fsString more robustmailing-list
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