The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain…

Description

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 66% 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

• n/a
• CWE-665 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 92444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160812 CVE Request Qemu: Information leak in vmxnet3_complete_packet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE Request Qemu: Information leak in vmxnet3_complete_packet (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• GLSA-201609-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• [qemu-devel] 20160811 [PATCH] net: vmxnet: initialise local tx descriptor (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)

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