CVE-2016-7161

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

05/10/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::		2.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0::::::
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::		2.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0::::::
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

CVE-2016-7161

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools