CVE-2016-7161

high-risk

Published 2016-10-05

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

Do I need to act?

20.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — higher than 80% of all CVEs

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Qemu

Debian Linux

Qemu

Affected Vendors

Qemu Debian

References (18)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da...

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141

Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html

Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11