CVE-2017-6058

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6058
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-20 16:59:02 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-120 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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
QEMU CVE-2017-6058 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
QEMU VMWARE VMXNET3 VLANSTRIP Bug Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Process to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE-2017-6058 Qemu: net: vmxnet3: OOB NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf access when doing vlan stripping af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1423358 – CVE-2017-6058 Qemu: net: vmxnet3: OOB NetRxPkt::ehdr_buf access when doing vlan stripping af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-01) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu-project.org
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] NetRxPkt: Fix memory corruption on VLAN header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.nongnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit MITRE git.qemu-project.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710523 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-01)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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