Medium severity · published Jun 16, 2016
CVE-2016-2841
The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite…
6.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.5.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2841
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2841
git.qemu.org
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028
www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303106
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