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CVE-2016-7161

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 5, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxQEMU

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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