Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2016-6835CVE-2016-6835
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
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.
Bugs
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-6835
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6835
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6835
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6835
Related
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
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%