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CVE-2016-7161
Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute…
Critical9.8EPSS 6.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- [oss-security] 20160923 CVE request Qemu: hw: net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201611-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160923 Re: CVE request Qemu: hw: net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160809 [PULL 3/3] hw/net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160809 [PATCH] hw/net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 93141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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