CVE-2016-6836
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 17, 2016
Description
The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 92444vdb-entry
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf
- [oss-security] 20160812 CVE Request Qemu: Information leak in vmxnet3_complete_packetmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE Request Qemu: Information leak in vmxnet3_complete_packetmailing-list
- GLSA-201609-01vendor-advisory
- [qemu-devel] 20160811 [PATCH] net: vmxnet: initialise local tx descriptormailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
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