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CVE-2016-6836 Details

Description

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

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:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-665Improper Initialization[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.7.1

CPE

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

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

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6836
NVD Published Date:
Dec 10, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6836 Details - Not Deferred