Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.
References
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http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/6 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92556 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00
Updated: 2018-12-01T10:57:01
Reserved: 2016-08-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-6888
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:09.370
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:34:09.057
Link: CVE-2016-6888
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE