The rtl8139_cplus_transmit function in hw/net/rtl8139.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by leveraging failure to limit the ring descriptor count.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-11-04T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:02.328Z

Reserved: 2016-10-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8910

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-04T21:59:10.803

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:27:01.953

Link: CVE-2016-8910

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8910 - Bugzilla