---
cve: "CVE-2016-6834"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "40%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-12-10 00:59:05"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-13T15:22:20+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-6834

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

The net_tx_pkt_do_sw_fragmentation function in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the current fragment length.

## Referenzen

- <http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ead315e43ea0c2ca3491209c6c8db8ce3f2bbe05>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446>
- <https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7>
- <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.html>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-6834) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_