CVE-2016-4001 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the stellaris_enet_receive function of QEMU's Stellaris ethernet controller, impacting QEMU, Canonical, Debian, and Fedora Project when configured for large packets. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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