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CVE-2016-8668
MEDIUM · CVSS 6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-04T21:59:05.007 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:46.547

Summary

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.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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