CVE-2016-2841

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.5.0 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.

References (9)

[Patch] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190

[Vendor Advisory] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303106

[Vendor Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

qemu/qemu < 2.5.0

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Jun 16, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026