Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2016-8668
Published: November 4, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32133
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8668
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to a crash the entire system.
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8668
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/14/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93566
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02501.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11