CVE-2009-3616 - Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities

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CRITICAL

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities

Published Oct 23, 2009

9.9

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 3.88%

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (10)

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking

Link	Providers	Tags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5		x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331		x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner redhat

Published Oct 23, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 9, 2009

Link CVE-2009-3616

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-3616

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-3616