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CVE-2016-4002

Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allo…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.3%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known

Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1326082 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/85992 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201609-01 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2974-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.gnu.org /archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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