CVE-2016-2392

Qemu: usb: null pointer dereference in remote NDIS control message handling

Published Jun 16, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 does not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3476 The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 does not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2974-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:24 PM
Reserved
Feb 16, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 16, 2016, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:43 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 11, 2016, 12:00 AM