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