The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:37.990Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-6836

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:07.997

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:25:13.790

Link: CVE-2016-6836

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6836 - Bugzilla