CVE details
CVE-2016-2841
The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
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>The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support
(hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS
administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU
process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers,
involving ring buffer control.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2016-2841</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2841</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2016-06-16</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>