CVE-2016-1981

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (TDH/RDH) is set outside the allocated descriptor buffer. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance resulting in DoS.
Infinite Loop
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 19%
VendorProductVersion
qemuqemu
𝑥
≤ 2.5.1.1
debiandebian_linux
7.0
debiandebian_linux
8.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
qemu
bullseye
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3
fixed
bullseye (security)
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2
fixed
bookworm
1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7
fixed
sid
1:9.1.1+ds-2
fixed
trixie
1:9.1.1+ds-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
qemu
wily
Fixed 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2
released
vivid
ignored
trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
released
precise
dne
qemu-kvm
wily
dne
vivid
dne
trusty
dne
precise
Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.27
released