CVE-2016-7161

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

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

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 5, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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