| Name | CVE-2016-7994 |
| Description | Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_resource_create_2d function in hw/display/virtio-gpu.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_CREATE_2D commands. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 840228 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:9.1.1+ds-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:9.1.1+ds-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 | | | 840228 |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.4.0-rc0)
[wheezy] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.4.0-rc0)
- qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 2.4.0-rc0)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg04129.html