CVE-2016-7161

CRITICAL

QEMU < 2.6.2 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlite Receive Callback

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1671
EPSS Percentile 95.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu 2.7.0 rc0 (3 CPE variants)
qemu/qemu < 2.6.2
Published Oct 05, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026