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High
CVE-2016-4001
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU,...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01334.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85976
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
qemu, ubuntu linux, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.6.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04, 22, 23, 24, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 23rd, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.