Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-7161

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11nvdThird Party Advisory

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