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CVE-2016-6888
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…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.40%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% 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: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 92556 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160819 CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2392 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201609-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160818 [PULL 1/2] net: vmxnet: use g_new for pkt initialisation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160819 Re: CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisation (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
- RHSA-2017:2408 (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)
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