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CVE-2016-2538
Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators…
High7.1EPSS 0.42%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- 83336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160216 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] usb: check RNDIS buffer offsets & length (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201604-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe3c546c5ff2a6210f9a4d8561cc64051ca8603e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2974-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160222 CVE request Qemu: usb: integer overflow in remote NDIS control message handling (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303120 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-stable] 20160329 [Qemu-stable] [ANNOUNCE] QEMU 2.5.1 Stable released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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