CVE-2016-6836: The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory…

PriorityP420medium6CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSCCHINAN

EPSS

0.40%

32.6th percentile

The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	qemu	< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)	qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)
qemu	qemu	<= 2.7.1	—
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30	2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6	1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.0MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv6.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.0MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.0MEDIUM

vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM

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