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CVE-2016-9908

LOW
3.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the Virtio GPU Device emulator support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. It could occur while processing 'VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET' command. A guest user/process could use this flaw to leak contents of the host memory bytes.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available
qemuDebian
Fixed in:1:2.8+dfsg-1CVE-2016-9908
Fixed in:1:2.8+dfsg-1CVE-2016-9908
Fixed in:1:2.8+dfsg-1CVE-2016-9908
Fixed in:1:2.8+dfsg-1CVE-2016-9908
qemuUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-systemUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-aarch64Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-armUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-mipsUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-miscUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-ppcUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-s390xUbuntu
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-sparcUbuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1
qemu-system-x86Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33USN-3261-1
Fixed in:1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11USN-3261-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days
32ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 32% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-200 (Information Exposure) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2024-24919High8.6100%KEV + Ransom-
CVE-2020-14181Medium5.3100%-Fix
CVE-2021-34429Medium5.399%-Fix
CVE-2018-11409Medium5.398%--
CVE-2021-41277Critical10.097%KEV-
CVE-2016-2183High7.596%-Fix
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