CVE-2016-6835

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CVSS 3.1

6.0 medium

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Dec 10, 2016 (Dec 10, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Vendors: qemu redhat debian
Products: qemu, virtualization, debian linux
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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