CVE-2016-9776
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the QEMU process on the host leading to DoS.
How to fix CVE-2016-9776
To remediate CVE-2016-9776, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.8+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9776 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |