CVE-2016-6888

Publication date 19 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu-kvm	Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04c Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=cb3677cd50dcb07e74d0113337e40e9e3e14d728

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.4 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3125-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
9 November 2016