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CVE-2016-4002 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-120	Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
qemu qemu	<= 2.6.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	22 23 24
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04 14.04 15.10 16.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

15 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 14, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 1, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 21, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 21, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 2, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 25, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 28, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 28, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 28, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2016-4002 Details

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