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CVE-2016-6835 Details

Description

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93060258ae748573ca7197204125a2670047896d CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-08/msg00077.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/7 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
< 2.6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat virtualization
4.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6835
NVD Published Date:
Dec 10, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6835 Details - Not Deferred