CVE-2016-7909 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-7909 PUBLISHED

The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.

EPSS 0.14% · 33.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.14%

33.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	qemu	0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	qemu	0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10

Timeline

Oct 5, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7909 third-party-advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07942.html third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7909 third-party-advisory

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