Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-04-26
Updated: 2020-12-14
Type: CWE-120
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: CRITICAL