CVE-2016-8910
MEDIUM6.0EPSS 0.09%Published: 11/4/2016Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-8910DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8910
Description
The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/qemufrom 0, < 2.8.1-r1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |