CVE-2016-2392
Qemu: usb: null pointer dereference in remote NDIS control message handling
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · February 11, 2016
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the QEMU emulator built with USB Net device emulation support. The flaw could occur while processing remote NDIS control message packets, if the USB configuration descriptor object is NULL. A privileged user inside a guest could exploit this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance (denial of service).
Statement
This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.3AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference