CVE-2016-2841
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
Description
The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
How to fix CVE-2016-2841
To remediate CVE-2016-2841, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.6+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-2841 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.6+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |