CVE-2016-7161

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published10/5/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxqemu:qemu

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11(cve@mitre.org)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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