CVE-2016-8669 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's serial_update_parameters function, affecting products like Debian, openSUSE, and Red Hat. Local guest OS administrators can trigger a divide-by-zero error and crash the QEMU process by manipulating the serial port's divider value. With a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) but has a low attack complexity (AC:L) and results in 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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