CVE-2016-4001
high
CVSS v3
8.6
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.6
Description
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
91%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| fedora | 24 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4001.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85976
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01334.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4001
CWEs
CWE-120
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.