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ALPINE-CVE-2016-8668 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.7	qemu	0, 2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4
Alpine:v3.9	qemu	0, 2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4
Alpine:v3.8	qemu	0.14.0-r0, 0, 0.10.6-r0
Alpine:v3.10	qemu	2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4, 2.8.0-r3
Alpine:v3.6	qemu	0, 2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4

Timeline

Nov 4, 2016 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-8668 advisory

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