CVE-2016-6835

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-12-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Qemu (Qemu)
• Virtualization (Redhat)

References

• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
• https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html