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CVE-2016-6888
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | qemu | 0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10, 1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | qemu | 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6, 1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2, 1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- Aug 19, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6888 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6888 third-party-advisory