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CVE-2016-2841

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 33%
Public exploits
0
none known

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • git.qemu.org /?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1303106 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/84028 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201609-01 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • lists.gnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2974-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.nongnu.org /archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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