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CVE-2016-6836

Date: December 9, 2016

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6836
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6836
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6836
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6836
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6836

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Initialization

CWE-665

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

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): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

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