CVE-2016-2392

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: June 16, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83274
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/16/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83274
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302299
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg02553.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
25th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

canonical qemu