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CVE-2017-6058

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6058 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in QEMU's vmxnet3 device, specifically when the VLANSTRIP feature is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing an out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0392 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6058Moderate

Qemu: net: vmxnet3: OOB NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf access when doing vlan stripping

Feb 16, 2017

References

git.qemu-project.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg03527.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201704-01
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/17/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96277
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037856
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry