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CVE-2016-4001
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is…
High8.6EPSS 4.9%
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- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- [qemu-devel] 20160408 [PATCH v3] net: stellaris_enet: check packet length against receive buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160411 CVE request: Qemu: net: buffer overflow in stellaris_enet emulator (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-48e72b7bc5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160412 Re: CVE request: Qemu: net: buffer overflow in stellaris_enet emulator (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 85976 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201609-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-35d7b09908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-75063477ca (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2974-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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