CVE-2016-7907 (GCVE-0-2016-7907)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-05 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
VLAI
Summary
The imx_fec_do_tx function in hw/net/imx_fec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly limit the buffer descriptor count when transmitting packets, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a buffer descriptor with a length of 0 and crafted values in bd.flags.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93274 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2016-09-22 00:00
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