CVE-2016-7161 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8