CVE-2016-2841

Description

The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory nongnu.org Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8 mailing list
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028 vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 vendor advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html mailing list
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html mailing list vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2841?
CVE-2016-2841 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2841?
To fix CVE-2016-2841, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2841 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-2841 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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