CVE-2016-2841
N/A
Published: June 16, 2016 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxQEMU
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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