CVE-2016-8910

Medium

Description

The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.0
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedNov 4, 2016
First seenNov 4, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemuv ≤ 2.7.1—
debian debian_linux8.0—
opensuse leap42.2—
redhat openstack6.0, 7.0, 8, 9, 10, 11—
redhat virtualization4.0—

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