Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
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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