CVE-2016-8578

Medium

6/10

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.

Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Vector: LOCAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Scope: CHANGED
User Interaction: NONE
Privileges Required: HIGH
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: HIGH

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Advisory Timeline

Published Nov 04, 2016

CVE-2016-8578

Summary

References

Advisory Timeline

ChainJacking

JetBrains IDE

KICS SaaS