Security Advisory
CVE-2016-6888
4.4
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
Integer overflow in the net_tx_pkt_init function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via the maximum fragmentation count, which triggers an unchecked multiplication and NULL pointer dereference.
Published Date
December 10, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory