Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade qemu | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-develUpgrade qemu-sbrunoUpgrade qemu-user-static | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 3, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/qemu. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-imgUpgrade qemu-kvm-common | Dec 4, 2019 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade qemu-kvm-commonUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade qemu-img | Apr 16, 2020 | Apr 11, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Dec 2, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade qemu-guest-agentUpgrade qemu-toolsUpgrade qemu-microvmUpgrade qemu-vgabiosUpgrade xen-doc-htmlUpgrade qemu-kvmUpgrade xenUpgrade qemu-audio-paUpgrade qemuUpgrade qemu-ppcUpgrade qemu-hw-display-qxlUpgrade qemu-s390xUpgrade qemu-block-rbdUpgrade xen-toolsUpgrade xen-develUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpuUpgrade qemu-hw-s390x-virtio-gpu-ccwUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-gpu-pciUpgrade qemu-audio-spiceUpgrade xen-tools-xendomains-wait-diskUpgrade xen-libsUpgrade qemu-sgabiosUpgrade qemu-x86Upgrade xen-tools-domUUpgrade xen-libs-32bitUpgrade qemu-ui-openglUpgrade qemu-ui-gtkUpgrade qemu-ui-cursesUpgrade qemu-armUpgrade qemu-langUpgrade qemu-skibootUpgrade qemu-s390Upgrade qemu-block-iscsiUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-appUpgrade qemu-audio-ossUpgrade qemu-block-curlUpgrade qemu-hw-display-virtio-vgaUpgrade qemu-block-sshUpgrade qemu-ipxeUpgrade xen-kmp-paeUpgrade qemu-hw-usb-redirectUpgrade qemu-audio-alsaUpgrade qemu-ui-spice-coreUpgrade xen-kmp-defaultUpgrade qemu-seabiosUpgrade qemu-chardev-baumUpgrade qemu-chardev-spiceUpgrade qemu-ksm | Feb 3, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade qemu-system-aarch64Upgrade qemu-system-ppcUpgrade qemu-systemUpgrade qemu-system-miscUpgrade qemu-system-mipsUpgrade qemu-system-x86Upgrade qemu-system-sparcUpgrade qemu-system-armUpgrade qemu-kvm | Feb 3, 2016 | Feb 3, 2016 |
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