CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2538

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive host memory information.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to service outages and exposure of sensitive data, posing a significant security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update QEMU to version 2.5.1 or later to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS