VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-6835

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: qemu/qemu · redhat/virtualization · debian/debian linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

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