VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-6834

The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the current fragment length.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ead315e43ea0c2ca3491209c6c8db8ce3f2bbe05
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ead315e43ea0c2ca3491209c6c8db8ce3f2bbe05
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.