Security Advisory

CVE-2016-6834

4.4
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the current fragment length.
Published Date December 10, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory