CVE-2016-4002

Critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedApr 26, 2016
First seenApr 26, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemuv ≤ 2.6.2—
fedoraproject fedora22, 23, 24—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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