Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2841
CVE-2016-2841
Description
The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- git.qemu.orgnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01nvd
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