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CVE-2016-8910

Date: November 4, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8910
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/2
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93844
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8910
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8910
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg05495.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8910
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8910

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

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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