CVE-2016-8668
medium
CVSS v3
6.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
60%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.2 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.7.1"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8668
CWEs
CWE-120
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.