CVE details
CVE-2016-2538
Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.
Affected ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| emulators/qemu-cheri | qemu-cheri | 0.d20260108 | unaddressed | brooks@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>qemu-cheri</name>
<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator
(hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS
administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or
obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control
message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2)
rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2016-2538</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2538</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2016-06-16</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>