Memory leak in hw/watchdog/wdt_i6300esb.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption and QEMU process crash) via a large number of device unplug operations.
CVE-2016-10155
Score 6.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 6.0; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.0
- EG Score
- 6.0(medium)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity60% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 34%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 15, 2017
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb7a20a3616085d46aa6b4b4224e15587ec67e6e
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/14
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/4
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95770
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb7a20a3616085d46aa6b4b4224e15587ec67e6e
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/14
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95770
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-10155(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-system-x86 (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.4) @ yakkety | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-14.el7 | 2017-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7 | 2017-08-01 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.5(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 0.10.6-r0 ... 2.8.0-r1 (93 versions) | 2.8.1.1-r0 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:2.8+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:2.8+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:2.8+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | — | 1:2.8+dfsg-2 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:2.1+dfsg-11 ... 1:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1 (12 versions) | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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