Security Advisory
CVE-2016-8578
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MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
November 4, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory