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CVE-2016-8578
The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a…
Medium6.0EPSS 0.39%
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- redhat
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- [oss-security] 20161010 Re: CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs routines (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161010 CVE request Qemu: 9pfs: potential NULL dereferencein 9pfs routines (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201611-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 93474 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160927 Re: [PATCH] 9pfs: make unmarshal V9fsString more robust (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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