fkie_cve-2016-6833
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-12-10 00:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
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
Impacted products
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