CVE-2016-6836

Qemu: net: vmxnet: Information leakage in vmxnet3_complete_packet

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 11, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Quick Emulator (QEMU) built with the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support is vulnerable to an information leakage issue. The vulnerability could occur while processing the transmit(tx) queue when it reaches the end of a packet. A privileged user inside guest could use this vulnerability to leak host memory bytes to a guest.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 2.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 2.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor