CVE-2016-6833
medium
CVSS v3
4.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.4
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
44%
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 | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c352ca9b4ee3e1e286ea9e8434bd8e69ac7d0d8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/12/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93255
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01602.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6833.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6833
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.