CVE-2016-7161

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7161
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-05T16:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-11-16T20:20:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
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:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7161
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7161
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:19:47 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:28:43 2016-10-05T16:59Z 2016-10-05T16:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:28:43 2020-11-16T20:20:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:28:43 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated