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CVE-2016-9923
Published: Dec 23, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20161209 Re: CVE request Qemu: char: use after free issue in char backend
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