CVE-2016-8578

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/8
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93474
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07143.html

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/8
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93474
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07143.html

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