6.5

CVE-2016-9907: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9907DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9907
Published 23-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9907 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 10
DLA-1497-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1RHSA-2017:2392RHSA-2017:2408SUSE-SU-2017:0127-1SUSE-SU-2017:0570-1

Timeline

  1. 23-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the USB redirector usb-guest support is vulnerable to a memory leakage flaw. It could occur while destroying the USB redirector in 'usbredir_handle_destroy'. A guest user/process could use this issue to leak host memory, resulting in DoS for a host.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.41% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Redhat2 products
Qemu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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