DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8910

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8910 PUBLISHED CVSS 6 MEDIUM

The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

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

Affected Products

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

Timeline

Nov 4, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8910 advisory

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