CVE-2016-8578

6.0 mediumEPSS 0.4%

The v9fs_iov_vunmarshal function in fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by sending an empty string parameter to a 9P operation.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.0 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2016-11-04
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
opensuse:leap
qemu:qemu

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93474
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

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