CVE-2017-6058
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
Description
Buffer overflow in NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf in hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the VLANSTRIP feature is enabled on the vmxnet3 device, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to VLAN stripping.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.8.1.1"} | |
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df8bf7a7fe75eb5d5caffa55f5cd4292b757aea6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/17/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96277
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037856
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1423358
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg03527.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6058
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.