vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-7995: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 10, 2016 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 10, 2016
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Memory leak in the ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted buffer page select (PG) indexes.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-qemu
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