Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-9776
CVE-2016-9776
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could use this issue to crash the QEMU process on the host leading to DoS.
Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg05324.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94638nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49nvdThird Party Advisory
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