Security Advisory

CVE-2016-8910

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MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.
Published Date November 4, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory