Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
References
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http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c352ca9b4ee3e1e286ea9e8434bd8e69ac7d0d8 | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/12/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93255 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01602.html | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-09-07T09:57:01
Reserved: 2016-08-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6833
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:03.510
Modified: 2023-02-12T23:25:10.740
Link: CVE-2016-6833
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE