CVE-2016-7161 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the xlnx.xps-ethernetlite component of QEMU, affecting Debian and QEMU products. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host by sending a specially crafted, large ethlite packet over the network. With a CVSS score of 9.8, the vulnerability is easily exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, yet there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVE-2016-7161
Sep 8, 2020Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.
Oct 11, 2016Qemu: net: xilinx_ethlite: heap buffer overflow in eth_rx
Sep 23, 2016