CVE-2016-4001
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.90% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85976Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01334.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85976Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01334.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.