CVE-2017-6058

high

Description

Buffer overflow in NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf in hw/net/net_rx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the VLANSTRIP feature is enabled on the vmxnet3 device, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to VLAN stripping.

References

Advisories
More

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg03527.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1423358

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037856

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96277

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/17/2

http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df8bf7a7fe75eb5d5caffa55f5cd4292b757aea6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-20

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03408