Security Advisory
CVE-2016-7909
4.4
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.
Published Date
October 5, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory