UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2538

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2538

    Published: 23 Feb 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2538
    Aliases:
    USN-2974-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2538, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03658.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2974-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2538

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    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
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