CVE-2016-1981

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) is set outside the allocated descriptor buffer. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance resulting in DoS.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg03454.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298570	Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81549	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/10	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2585.html	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2016-12-29 14:59

Updated : 2023-02-12 15:17

NVD link : CVE-2016-1981

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1981

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

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