CVE-2016-7908 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the mcf_fec_do_tx function of QEMU, affecting Debian and QEMU installations. A local guest OS administrator can trigger an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process by manipulating buffer descriptor counts with zero-length descriptors and crafted flags during packet transmission. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and has a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it shows no evidence of active exploitation or community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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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