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CVE-2017-6058
Buffer overflow in NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf in hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the VLANSTRIP feature is enabled on the…
High7.5EPSS 3.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf in hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the VLANSTRIP feature is enabled on the vmxnet3 device, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to VLAN stripping.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% 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 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- [qemu-devel] 20170216 [PATCH 2/5] NetRxPkt: Fix memory corruption on VLAN header stripping (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1423358 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170217 CVE-2017-6058 Qemu: net: vmxnet3: OOB NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf access when doing vlan stripping (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201704-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1037856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df8bf7a7fe75eb5d5caffa55f5cd4292b757aea6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 96277 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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