QEMU Denial of Service Vulnerability in vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers Function

QEMU Denial of Service Vulnerability in vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers Function

CVE-2016-6835 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

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