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cve[email protected]CVE-2016-6835
HistoryDec 10, 2016 - 12:59 a.m.

CVE-2016-6835

2016-12-1000:59:06
web.nvd.nist.gov
53
4
cve
2016
6835
qemu
vmxnet
denial of service
buffer over-read
nvd

6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.7%

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
qemuqemuRange<2.6.0
Node
redhatvirtualizationMatch4.0
AND
redhatenterprise_linuxMatch7.0
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
CPENameOperatorVersion
qemu:qemuqemult2.6.0

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6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.7%