DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2857

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2857

    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2857

    Published: 12 Apr 2016Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2857

    Summary:

    Details: The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2857

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.6+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    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