High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2538
CVE-2016-2538
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- git.qemu.orgnvd
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/3nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/83336nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvd
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03658.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01nvd
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