ghsa-rpvr-65rv-4fvq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:14
Modified
2022-05-13 01:14
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6836"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-665"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-10T00:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.",
  "id": "GHSA-rpvr-65rv-4fvq",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:14:36Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:14:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6836"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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