CVE-2016-2841 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's NE2000 NIC emulation, affecting QEMU versions prior to 2.5.1 and related Canonical products. A highly privileged local guest OS administrator can trigger an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process by manipulating PSTART and PSTOP registers. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.0, this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, leading to a high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low likelihood of widespread exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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