Description
Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.
Published: 2016-06-16
Score: 7.1 High
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-2016-3614 Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2974-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.691Z

Reserved: 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2538

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-16T18:59:06.093

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

Link: CVE-2016-2538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2538 - Bugzilla

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