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cve: "CVE-2016-7909"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "0.4%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-10-05 16:00:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-20T09:38:52+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-7909

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

The pcnet_rdra_addr function in hw/net/pcnet.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by setting the (1) receive or (2) transmit descriptor ring length to 0.

## Referenzen

- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93275>
- <https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/6>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/3>
- <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html>
- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html>
- <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg07942.html>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-7909) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_