Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-10155
CVE-2016-10155
Description
Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/14nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95770nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28nvdThird Party Advisory
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