CVE-2016-4002

Qemu: net: buffer overflow in MIPSnet emulator

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 7, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

Statement

This has been rated as having Moderate 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 · 4.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')