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CVE-2016-8668

Date: November 4, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8668
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8668
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8668
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8668

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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