CVE-2016-6888 PUBLISHED

Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.

EPSS 0.10% · 27.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.10%
27.0th 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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