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ALPINE-CVE-2016-8910

ALPINE-CVE-2016-8910 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.

Risk Scores

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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.7qemu2.8.1-r0, 0.14.1-r0, 1.0-r1
Alpine:v3.9qemu2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4, 2.8.0-r3
Alpine:v3.8qemu0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.10qemu2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4, 2.8.0-r3
Alpine:v3.6qemu0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r2

Timeline

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