Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

QEMU/Qemu
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.7.1
Quick Emulator/Qemullm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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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