CVE-2016-6833
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 17, 2016
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 93255vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160812 CVE request: Qemu net: vmxnet3: use after free while writingmailing-list
- [qemu-devel] 20160809 [PULL 2/3] net: vmxnet3: check for device_active before writemailing-list
- GLSA-201609-01vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE request: Qemu net: vmxnet3: use after free while writingmailing-list
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c352ca9b4ee3e1e286ea9e8434bd8e69ac7d0d8
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