CVE-2016-8667
medium
CVSS v3
6.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
60%
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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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| suse | 42.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93567
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02577.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8667.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8667
CWEs
CWE-369
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.