The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3914 The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2974-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:21.295Z

Reserved: 2016-03-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2841

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-16T18:59:07.203

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

Link: CVE-2016-2841

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2841 - Bugzilla

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