DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6836

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6836 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	qemu	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	qemu	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	qemu	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	qemu	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Dec 10, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6836 advisory

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