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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.

Weakness

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Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (6)

• [qemu-devel] 20160810 Re: [PATCH] net: vmxnet: check IP header length (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160812 CVE request Qemu: buffer overflow in vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers() in vmxnet3 device emulation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE request Qemu: buffer overflow in vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers() in vmxnet3 device emulation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2017:2392 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 01:43 UTC.