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CVE-2016-6836

medium

Description

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.html

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-10

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00112