CVE-2016-4001

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    CVE-2016-4001

    Published: 23 May 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function in hw/net/stellaris_enet.c in QEMU, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet.

    References: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3a15cc0e1ee7168db0782133d2607a6bfa422d66, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85976, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01334.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.6.0-rc0
    2.6.0-rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High