CVE-2016-2538

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-16 18:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2974-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE request Qemu: usb: integer overflow in remote NDIS control message handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
1303120 – (CVE-2016-2538) CVE-2016-2538 Qemu: usb: integer overflow in remote NDIS control message handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[Qemu-stable] [ANNOUNCE] QEMU 2.5.1 Stable released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] usb: check RNDIS buffer offsets & length af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
QEMU 'usb/dev-network.c' Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-01) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MITRE git.qemu.org
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