CVE-2016-6835

MEDIUM6.0

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt

Published Dec 10, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d

WEB

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7

WEB

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4

ADVISORY

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

WEB

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6835

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

HighPR:H

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 10, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024