Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-9923
CVE-2016-9923
Description
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the 'chardev' backend support is vulnerable to a use after free issue. It could occur while hotplug and unplugging the device in the guest. A guest user/process could use this flaw to crash a Qemu process on the host resulting in DoS.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94827nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49nvdThird Party Advisory
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