Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7718 Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:37.851Z

Reserved: 2016-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6833

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:03.510

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6833

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6833 - Bugzilla

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