CVE-2016-6888
Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisation
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Desbordamiento de entero en la función net_tx_pkt_enit en hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c en QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator) permite a administradores locales del SO invitado provocar una denegación de servicio (caída del proceso QEMU) a través del conteo máximo de fragmentación, lo que desencadena una multiplicación no comprobada y referencia a un puntero NULL.
KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: qemu-kvm-rhev. Security Fix: A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the Quick Emulator built with the Network Block Device client support. The flaw could occur while processing server's response to a 'NBD_OPT_LIST' request. A malicious NBD server could use this issue to crash a remote NBD client resulting in DoS or potentially execute arbitrary code on client host with privileges of the QEMU process.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-08-19 CVE Reserved
- 2016-09-26 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/6 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92556 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html | 2023-11-07 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6888 | 2017-08-01 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369031 | 2017-08-01 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Virtualization Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Virtualization" | 4.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Virtualization" and version "4.0" | - |
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| in | Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | <= 2.6.2 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.6.2" | - |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc0 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc1 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc2 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc3 |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" | 8 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "8" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" | 9 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "9" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" | 10 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "10" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Openstack Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" | 11 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openstack" and version "11" | - |
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