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Case File

CVE-2016-8668

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-11-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-8668
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6
EPSS
0.39%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.