CVE-2016-7161

Published: Oct 5, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Qemu: Qemu · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Qemu Qemu	Up to 2.6.2
Qemu Qemu	Version 2.7.0 rc0
Qemu Qemu	Version 2.7.0 rc1
Qemu Qemu	Version 2.7.0 rc2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (18)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968