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GSD-2016-6833

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases

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