CVE-2016-7161
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.1% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.06% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-10-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| qemu | qemu |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11
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