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CVE-2016-7909
The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.
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)
- 0.44% · top 62% 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 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 93275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201611-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161003 Re: CVE Request Qemu: net: pcnet: infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161003 CVE Request Qemu: net: pcnet: infinite loop in pcnet_rdra_addr (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160930 [PATCH 1/2] net: pcnet: check rx/tx descriptor ring length (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 .