CVE-2016-8668
Published: 4 November 2016
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 6.0
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6)
|
|
yakkety |
Released
(1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1)
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=8caed3d564672e8bc6d2e4c6a35228afd01f4723 |