CVE-2016-2857

high

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84130

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/03/9

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0350.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0344.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0334.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0309.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0083.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.html

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=362786f14a753d8a5256ef97d7c10ed576d6572b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-12

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00058

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