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CVE-2016-7161

Qemu: net: xilinx_ethlite: heap buffer overflow in eth_rx

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.1CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 1.0qemu-kvm0:4.2.0-12.cm1
debian 11qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 12qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 13qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 14qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 7qemu, qemu-kvm1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u16
debian 8qemu1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8
echoqemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
ubuntu 12.04qemu-kvm1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.31
ubuntu 14.04qemu2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
ubuntu 14.04-ESMqemu2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
ubuntu 16.04qemu1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
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SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 1.0qemu-kvm0:4.2.0-12.cm1
debian 11qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 12qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 13qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 14qemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
debian 7qemu1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u16
debian 7qemu-kvm1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u16
debian 8qemu1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8
echoqemu1:2.7+dfsg-1
ubuntu 12.04qemu-kvm1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.31
ubuntu 14.04qemu2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
ubuntu 14.04-ESMqemu2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
ubuntu 16.04qemu1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
ubuntu 16.04-ESMqemu1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6
ubuntu 16.10qemu1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1

References

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