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CVE-2016-4002

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.3% (pctl 93)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS6.34% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-120
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-04-26
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (4)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
qemuqemu

References

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