Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7994
CVE-2016-7994
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.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qemu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 6.1.0-32.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.0-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-31.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04083.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93453nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11nvdThird Party Advisory
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