UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4002

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4002

    Published: 26 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4002
    Aliases:
    USN-2974-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4002, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2974-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4002

    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