Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) is set outside the allocated descriptor buffer. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance resulting in DoS.
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-3471-1 | qemu security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-3070 | QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) is set outside the allocated descriptor buffer. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance resulting in DoS. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2891-1 | QEMU vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.031Z
Reserved: 2016-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-1981
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-12-29T22:59:00.417
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-1981
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN