CVE-2016-6836

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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 vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.

Vendors: qemu debian
Products: qemu, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-665
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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