Description
The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the current fragment length.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ead315e43ea0c2ca3491209c6c8db8ce3f2bbe05
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7
Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
Scores
CVSS v3
4.4
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
qemu/qemu
2.7.0 rc0 (3 CPE variants)
qemu/qemu
< 2.6.2
Published
Dec 10, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026