CVE-2016-8668
Qemu: net: OOB buffer access in rocker switch emulation
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · October 12, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.4CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 3.8AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read