CVE-2016-7909
MEDIUM4.4EPSS 0.14%qemu - security update
Published: 10/5/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18
- Debian/qemu-kvmfrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u18
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |