CVE-2016-8578

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/11/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.7.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*