CVE-2016-8668

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6
Description
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8668
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-11-04T21:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-10-21T20:25:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-120 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.7.1
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.5
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.html Patch 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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8668
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8668
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:22:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:58:55 2016-11-04T21:59Z 2016-11-04T21:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:58:55 2020-10-21T20:25:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:58:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated