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CVE-2016-2857 (GCVE-0-2016-2857)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
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Summary
The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2016-03-03 00:00
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