CVE-2016-8668: opensuse leap
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8668 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability in opensuse leap. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 04-11-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
34%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- qemu< 2.8.1-r1
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-1
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL42.2
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.7.1
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
5 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory