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critical9.8

CVE-2016-4002

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 …

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QemuQemu
through 2.6.2
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 22, 23, 24
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0

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