CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-2857

8.4 HIGH Published 2016-04-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-04-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.

Affected configurations

• qemu qemu (<= 2.5.1.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • debian debian linux 8.0 • redhat openstack 5.0 • redhat virtualization 3.0 • redhat virtualization 4.0 • redhat openstack 6.0 • redhat openstack 7.0 • redhat openstack 8 • redhat openstack 9 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References