CVE-2016-6835 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.07% · 21.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.07%
21.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSqemu0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSqemu1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu7, 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu1, 2.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu2

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