CVE-2016-4001

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 23 May 2016, 19:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
36/100
CVSS Score
8.6 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
7.08% LOW
7% probability -2.29%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2016, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 7.08%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    22 | 23 | 24

  • qemu•qemu

    ≤ 2.5.1.1 | 2.6.0:rc0 | 2.6.0:rc1

References (11)