Description
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Published: 2016-11-04
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9507 The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.254Z

Reserved: 2016-10-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8668

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-04T21:59:05.007

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

Link: CVE-2016-8668

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8668 - Bugzilla

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