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CVE-2016-8910 Details

Description

The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.

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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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg05495.html CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8910
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-8910 Details - Not Deferred