Out-of-Bounds Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.6.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3006999
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-2857  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.6.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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