CVE-2016-6888
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 10, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 19, 2016
Description
Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 92556vdb-entry
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c
- [oss-security] 20160819 CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisationmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2392vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201609-01vendor-advisory
- [qemu-devel] 20160818 [PULL 1/2] net: vmxnet: use g_new for pkt initialisationmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160819 Re: CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisationmailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisory
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