CVE-2016-8578 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-8578?

CVE-2016-8578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8578?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8578?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-8578 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8578 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-8578, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8578, GHSA-vqff-7r2x-pwc7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8578.