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cve[email protected]CVE-2016-6836
HistoryDec 10, 2016 - 12:59 a.m.

CVE-2016-6836

2016-12-1000:59:07
CWE-665
web.nvd.nist.gov
56
4
cve-2016-6836
qemu
vmxnet3.c
vulnerability
nvd
information security

6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.0%

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
qemuqemuRange2.7.1
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
CPENameOperatorVersion
qemu:qemuqemule2.7.1

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6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

Access Complexity

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.0%