CVE-2016-6888

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
Description
Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6888
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-10T00:59:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-04T17:15:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.2
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92556 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6888
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6888
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:58:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:18:15 2016-12-10T00:59Z 2016-12-10T00:59:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:18:15 2021-08-04T17:15:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:18:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated