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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3616 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Exploit 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3616
NVD Published Date:
10/23/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.