CVE-2016-6888 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92556 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.4