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CVE-2016-7161

Date: October 5, 2016

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (13)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8

Url: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968

Url: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7161

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6

Url: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7161

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7161

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7161

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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