Memory leak in the v9fs_list_xattr function in hw/9pfs/9p-xattr.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving the orig_value variable.
2017-05-02T14:59:00.707
2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.9
6.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | qemu | qemu | ≤ 2.8.1 | Yes |
| Application | qemu | qemu | 2.9.0 | Yes |
| Application | qemu | qemu | 2.9.0 | Yes |
| Application | qemu | qemu | 2.9.0 | Yes |
| Application | qemu | qemu | 2.9.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | Yes |