CVE-2016-8668

MediumCVSS 6.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 4, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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