CVE-2016-6833

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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