CVE-2016-7994 | BDVDB-2026-79576 Detail
Description#
Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93453
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04083.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/3
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.