CVE-2016-9776 (GCVE-0-2016-9776)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-29 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the QEMU process on the host leading to DoS.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400829 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94638 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2016-11-30 00:00
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