Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7116
CVE-2016-7116
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to access host files outside the export path via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified string.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.6.2
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/kvm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1
< 1.4.2-47.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.2-47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.2-48.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.1-21.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92680nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03917.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04231.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
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