Description
The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 does not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet.
Published: 2016-06-16
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3476 The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 does not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2974-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:49.312Z

Reserved: 2016-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2392

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-16T18:59:04.640

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2392

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-02-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2392 - Bugzilla

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