CVE-2016-6834 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU, specifically within the net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function, affecting Debian and QEMU installations. A local guest OS administrator can trigger an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process by providing a zero-length current fragment. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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