Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-6833

Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.

  • Published: Dec 10, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-6833
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
qemu / qemu 2.7.0-rc0 2.7.0-rc0.x
qemu / qemu - 2.6.2.x
qemu / qemu 2.7.0-rc1 2.7.0-rc1.x
qemu / qemu 2.7.0-rc2 2.7.0-rc2.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x