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cve[email protected]CVE-2016-7909
HistoryOct 05, 2016 - 4:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-7909

2016-10-0516:59:12
CWE-835
web.nvd.nist.gov
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qemu
dos
cve-2016-7909
pcnet_rdra_addr
infinite loop
qemu process crash
nvd

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

4.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

5.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%

The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
qemuqemuRange2.7.1
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
CPENameOperatorVersion
qemu:qemuqemule2.7.1

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

4.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

5.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%