CVE-2016-6836

MediumCVSS 6.0/10Last 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-665

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg02108.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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