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CVE-2016-6888 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/6 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92556 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6888
NVD Published Date:
12/09/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE