Description
Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.
Published: 2016-04-26
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 7.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5010 Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2974-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Qemu Qemu
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:30.035Z

Reserved: 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4002

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-26T14:59:04.567

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

Link: CVE-2016-4002

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4002 - Bugzilla

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