CVE-2016-7161

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2016-10-05 09:59

Updated : 2020-11-16 12:20

NVD link : CVE-2016-7161

Mitre link : CVE-2016-7161

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

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