CVE-2016-6888

Medium

Description

Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedDec 10, 2016
First seenDec 10, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemuv ≤ 2.6.2, 2.7.0—
debian debian_linux8.0—
redhat virtualization4.0—
redhat openstack6.0, 7.0, 8, 9, 10, 11—

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