CVE-2016-6888 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in QEMU, specifically within the net_tx_pkt_init function, affecting QEMU, Debian, and Red Hat distributions. This flaw allows a local guest OS administrator to trigger a denial of service (QEMU process crash) through an unchecked multiplication leading to a NULL pointer dereference. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), it requires high privileges (PR:H) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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