CVE-2016-6833
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU ...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.4
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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CVE-2016-6833- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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CVE-2016-6833- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7718 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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EUVD-2016-7718- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-78cx-qvrx-grfp
4.4
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU ...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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GHSA-78cx-qvrx-grfp- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.4
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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CVE-2016-6833- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-6833
4.4
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6833- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-6833
4.4
Use-after-free vulnerability in the vmxnet3_io_bar0_write function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU instance crash) by leveraging failure to check if the device is active.
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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6833- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2473-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-7092: The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allowed local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables (bsc#995785).
- CVE-2016-7093: Xen allowed local HVM guest OS administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host OS privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation (bsc#995789).
- CVE-2016-7094: Buffer overflow in Xen allowed local x86 HVM guest OS administrators on guests running with shadow paging to cause a denial of service via a pagetable update (bsc#995792).
- CVE-2016-6836: Information leakage in vmxnet3_complete_packet (bsc#994761).
- CVE-2016-6888: Integer overflow in packet initialisation in VMXNET3 device driver. Aprivileged user inside guest c... (bsc#994772).
- CVE-2016-6833: Use after free while writing (bsc#994775).
- CVE-2016-6835: Buffer overflow in vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers() in vmxnet3 deviceemulation. (bsc#994625).
- CVE-2016-6834: An infinite loop during packet fragmentation (bsc#994421).
- CVE-2016-6258: The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allowed local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries (bsc#988675).
- CVE-2016-6259: Xen did not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allowed local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check (bsc#988676).
These non-security issues were fixed:
- bsc#991934: Hypervisor crash in csched_acct
- bsc#992224: During boot of Xen Hypervisor, failed to get contiguous memory for DMA
- bsc#955104: Virsh reports error 'one or more references were leaked after disconnect from hypervisor' when 'virsh save' failed due to 'no response from client after 6 keepalive messages'
- bsc#959552: Migration of HVM guest leads into libvirt segmentation fault
- bsc#993665: Migration of xen guests finishes in: One or more references were leaked after disconnect from the hypervisor
- bsc#959330: Guest migrations using virsh results in error 'Internal error: received hangup / error event on socket'
- bsc#990500: VM virsh migration fails with keepalive error: ':virKeepAliveTimerInternal:143 : No response from client'
- bsc#953518: Unplug also SCSI disks in qemu-xen-traditional for upstream unplug protocol
- bsc#953518: xen_platform: unplug also SCSI disks in qemu-xen
- bsc#971949: xl: Support (by ignoring) xl migrate --live. xl migrations are always live
- bsc#970135: New virtualization project clock test randomly fails on Xen
- bsc#990970: Add PMU support for Intel E7-8867 v4 (fam=6, model=79)
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SUSE-SU-2016:2473-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2507-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-7092: The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allowed local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables (bsc#995785)
- CVE-2016-7093: Xen allowed local HVM guest OS administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host OS privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation (bsc#995789)
- CVE-2016-7094: Buffer overflow in Xen allowed local x86 HVM guest OS administrators on guests running with shadow paging to cause a denial of service via a pagetable update (bsc#995792)
- CVE-2016-7154: Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number (bsc#997731)
- CVE-2016-6836: VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device allowed privileged user inside the guest to leak information. It occured while processing transmit(tx) queue, when it reaches the end of packet (bsc#994761)
- CVE-2016-6888: A integer overflow int the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support, during the initialisation of new packets in the device, could have allowed a privileged user inside guest to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994772)
- CVE-2016-6833: A use-after-free issue in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support allowed privileged user inside guest to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994775)
- CVE-2016-6835: Buffer overflow in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support, causing an OOB read access (bsc#994625)
- CVE-2016-6834: A infinite loop during packet fragmentation in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support allowed privileged user inside guest to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994421)
- CVE-2016-6258: The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allowed local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries (bsc#988675)
These non-security issues were fixed:
- bsc#993507: virsh detach-disk failing to detach disk
- bsc#991934: Xen hypervisor crash in csched_acct
- bsc#992224: During boot of Xen Hypervisor, Failed to get contiguous memory for DMA
- bsc#970135: New virtualization project clock test randomly fails on Xen
- bsc#994136: Unplug also SCSI disks in qemu-xen-traditional for upstream unplug protocol
- bsc#994136: xen_platform: unplug also SCSI disks in qemu-xen
- bsc#971949: xl: Support (by ignoring) xl migrate --live. xl migrations are always live
- bsc#990970: Add PMU support for Intel E7-8867 v4 (fam=6, model=79)
- bsc#966467: Live Migration SLES 11 SP3 to SP4 on AMD
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SUSE-SU-2016:2507-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2533-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2014-3672: The qemu implementation in libvirt Xen allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host disk consumption) by writing to stdout or stderr (bsc#981264).
- CVE-2016-3158: The xrstor function did not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allowed local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits (bsc#973188).
- CVE-2016-3159: The fpu_fxrstor function in arch/x86/i387.c did not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allowed local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits (bsc#973188).
- CVE-2016-3710: The VGA module improperly performed bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allowed local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the 'Dark Portal' issue (bsc#978164)
- CVE-2016-3960: Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping (bsc#974038).
- CVE-2016-4001: Buffer overflow in the stellaris_enet_receive function, when the Stellaris ethernet controller is configured to accept large packets, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) via a large packet (bsc#975130).
- CVE-2016-4002: Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and QEMU crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet larger than 1514 bytes (bsc#975138).
- CVE-2016-4020: The patch_instruction function did not initialize the imm32 variable, which allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory by accessing the Task Priority Register (TPR) (bsc#975907)
- CVE-2016-4037: The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list (bsc#976111)
- CVE-2016-4439: The esp_reg_write function in the 53C9X Fast SCSI Controller (FSC) support did not properly check command buffer length, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors (bsc#980716)
- CVE-2016-4441: The get_cmd function in the 53C9X Fast SCSI Controller (FSC) support did not properly check DMA length, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via unspecified vectors, involving an SCSI command (bsc#980724)
- CVE-2016-4453: The vmsvga_fifo_run function allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command (bsc#982225)
- CVE-2016-4454: The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggered an out-of-bounds read (bsc#982224)
- CVE-2016-4480: The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen did not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might have allowed local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory (bsc#978295).
- CVE-2016-4952: Out-of-bounds access issue in pvsci_ring_init_msg/data routines (bsc#981276)
- CVE-2016-4962: The libxl device-handling allowed local OS guest administrators to…
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SUSE-SU-2016:2533-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2589-1 No score
Security update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix 19 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-2392: The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU did not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet (bsc#967012)
- CVE-2016-2391: The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to multiple eof_timers (bsc#967013)
- CVE-2016-5106: The megasas_dcmd_set_properties function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allowed local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command (bsc#982018)
- CVE-2016-5105: The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, used an uninitialized variable, which allowed local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command (bsc#982017)
- CVE-2016-5107: The megasas_lookup_frame function in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors (bsc#982019)
- CVE-2016-5126: Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call (bsc#982285)
- CVE-2016-4454: The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read (bsc#982222)
- CVE-2016-4453: The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command (bsc#982223)
- CVE-2016-5338: The (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer (bsc#983982)
- CVE-2016-5337: The megasas_ctrl_get_info function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information via vectors related to reading device control information (bsc#983961)
- CVE-2016-5238: The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode (bsc#982959)
- CVE-2016-5403: The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion (bsc#991080)
- CVE-2016-6490: Infinite loop in the virtio framework. A privileged user inside the guest could have used this flaw to crash the Qemu instance on the host resulting in DoS (bsc#991466)
- CVE-2016-6888: Integer overflow in packet initialisation in VMXNET3 device driver. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS (bsc#994771)
- CVE-2016-6833: Use-after-free issue in the VMWARE VMXNET3 NIC device support. A privileged user…
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SUSE-SU-2016:2589-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2781-1 No score
Security update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix 21 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2014-5388: Off-by-one error in the pci_read function in the ACPI PCI hotplug interface (hw/acpi/pcihp.c) in QEMU allowed local guest users to obtain sensitive information and have other unspecified impact related to a crafted PCI device that triggers memory corruption (bsc#893323).
- CVE-2015-6815: e1000 NIC emulation support was vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. A privileged user inside guest could have used this flaw to crash the Qemu instance resulting in DoS. (bsc#944697).
- CVE-2016-2391: The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to multiple eof_timers (bsc#967013).
- CVE-2016-2392: The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU did not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving a remote NDIS control message packet (bsc#967012).
- CVE-2016-4453: The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command (bsc#982223).
- CVE-2016-4454: The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read (bsc#982222).
- CVE-2016-5105: The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, used an uninitialized variable, which allowed local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command (bsc#982017).
- CVE-2016-5106: The megasas_dcmd_set_properties function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allowed local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command (bsc#982018).
- CVE-2016-5107: The megasas_lookup_frame function in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors (bsc#982019).
- CVE-2016-5126: Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call (bsc#982285).
- CVE-2016-5238: The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode (bsc#982959).
- CVE-2016-5337: The megasas_ctrl_get_info function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information via vectors related to reading device control information (bsc#983961).
- CVE-2016-5338: The (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer (bsc#983982).
- CVE-2016-5403: The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allowed local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for…
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SUSE-SU-2016:2781-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3125-1 No score
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5403)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6833, CVE-2016-6834, CVE-2016-6888)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6835)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host memory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-6836)
Felix Wilhelm discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly to obtain sensitive host files. (CVE-2016-7116)
Li Qiang and Tom Victor discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7155)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7156, CVE-2016-7421)
Tom Victor discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7157)
Hu Chaojian discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled xlnx.xps-ethernetlite emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-7161)
Qinghao Tang and Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VMWare VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7170)
Qinghao Tang and Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7422)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled LSI SAS1068 host bus emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7423)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB xHCI controller emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7466)
Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller…
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USN-3125-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuDebian:12 |
before 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
qemuDebian:13 |
before 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
qemuDebian:14 |
before 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 |
qemuDebian:8 From an advisory covering 52 CVEs |
before 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7, plus listed versions 1:2.1+dfsg-111:2.1+dfsg-121:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u21:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u3 Show 7 moreShow less1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u41:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u51:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u61:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1 |
1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.3_10-20.1 | 4.5.3_10-20.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.3_10-20.1 | 4.5.3_10-20.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.3_10-20.1 | 4.5.3_10-20.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.5.3_10-20.1 | 4.5.3_10-20.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_08-40.2 | 4.4.4_08-40.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_08-40.2 | 4.4.4_08-40.2 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_08-40.2 | 4.4.4_08-40.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 From an advisory covering 38 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_04-22.22.2 | 4.4.4_04-22.22.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS From an advisory covering 38 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_04-22.22.2 | 4.4.4_04-22.22.2 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 19 CVEs |
before 2.3.1-21.1 | 2.3.1-21.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 19 CVEs |
before 2.3.1-21.1 | 2.3.1-21.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 19 CVEs |
before 2.3.1-21.1 | 2.3.1-21.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 2.0.2-48.22.1 | 2.0.2-48.22.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 2.0.2-48.22.1 | 2.0.2-48.22.1 |
qemuUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30, plus listed versions 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3 Show 45 moreShow less1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.182.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.192.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.202.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.212.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.222.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.242.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.252.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26 |
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30 |
qemuUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6, plus listed versions 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu91:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu11:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu21:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3 Show 16 moreShow less1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.31:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.5 |
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6 |
qemuUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 28 CVEs |
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30, plus listed versions 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3 Show 45 moreShow less1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.182.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.192.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.202.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.212.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.222.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.242.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.252.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26 |
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30 |
qemuUbuntu:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 28 CVEs |
before 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6, plus listed versions 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu91:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu11:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu21:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3 Show 16 moreShow less1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.31:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.5 |
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-6833 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Qemu, published August 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. Fixed in qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/93255
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/12/1
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01602.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/3
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git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c352ca9b4ee3e1e286ea9e8434bd8e69ac7d0d8
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6833
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=6c352ca9b4ee3e1e286ea9e8434bd8e69ac7d0d8
github.com/advisories/GHSA-78cx-qvrx-grfp
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6833
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162473-1
bugzilla.suse.com/953518
bugzilla.suse.com/955104
bugzilla.suse.com/959330
bugzilla.suse.com/959552
bugzilla.suse.com/970135
bugzilla.suse.com/971949
bugzilla.suse.com/988675
bugzilla.suse.com/988676
bugzilla.suse.com/990500
bugzilla.suse.com/990970
bugzilla.suse.com/991934
bugzilla.suse.com/992224
bugzilla.suse.com/993665
bugzilla.suse.com/994421
bugzilla.suse.com/994625
bugzilla.suse.com/994761
bugzilla.suse.com/994772
bugzilla.suse.com/994775
bugzilla.suse.com/995785
bugzilla.suse.com/995789
bugzilla.suse.com/995792
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6258
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6259
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6833
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6834
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6835
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6836
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6888
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7092
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7093
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7094
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162507-1
bugzilla.suse.com/966467
bugzilla.suse.com/993507
bugzilla.suse.com/994136
bugzilla.suse.com/997731
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7154
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162533-1
bugzilla.suse.com/953339
bugzilla.suse.com/953362
bugzilla.suse.com/954872
bugzilla.suse.com/955399
bugzilla.suse.com/957986
bugzilla.suse.com/958848
bugzilla.suse.com/961600
bugzilla.suse.com/963161
bugzilla.suse.com/964427
bugzilla.suse.com/973188
bugzilla.suse.com/973631
bugzilla.suse.com/974038
bugzilla.suse.com/975130
bugzilla.suse.com/975138
bugzilla.suse.com/975907
bugzilla.suse.com/976058
bugzilla.suse.com/976111
bugzilla.suse.com/978164
bugzilla.suse.com/978295
bugzilla.suse.com/978413
bugzilla.suse.com/979035
bugzilla.suse.com/979620
bugzilla.suse.com/979670
bugzilla.suse.com/980716
bugzilla.suse.com/980724
bugzilla.suse.com/981264
bugzilla.suse.com/981276
bugzilla.suse.com/982024
bugzilla.suse.com/982025
bugzilla.suse.com/982026
bugzilla.suse.com/982224
bugzilla.suse.com/982225
bugzilla.suse.com/982286
bugzilla.suse.com/982695
bugzilla.suse.com/982960
bugzilla.suse.com/983973
bugzilla.suse.com/983984
bugzilla.suse.com/984981
bugzilla.suse.com/985503
bugzilla.suse.com/986586
bugzilla.suse.com/990843
bugzilla.suse.com/990923
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3615
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3672
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3158
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3159
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3710
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3712
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3960
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4001
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4002
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4020
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4037
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4439
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4441
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4453
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4454
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4480
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4952
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4962
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4963
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5105
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5106
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5107
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5126
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5238
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5337
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5338
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5403
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6351
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162589-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1000048
bugzilla.suse.com/967012
bugzilla.suse.com/967013
bugzilla.suse.com/982017
bugzilla.suse.com/982018
bugzilla.suse.com/982019
bugzilla.suse.com/982222
bugzilla.suse.com/982223
bugzilla.suse.com/982285
bugzilla.suse.com/982959
bugzilla.suse.com/983961
bugzilla.suse.com/983982
bugzilla.suse.com/991080
bugzilla.suse.com/991466
bugzilla.suse.com/994760
bugzilla.suse.com/994771
bugzilla.suse.com/994774
bugzilla.suse.com/996441
bugzilla.suse.com/997858
bugzilla.suse.com/997859
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2391
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2392
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6490
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7116
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7155
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7156
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162781-1
bugzilla.suse.com/893323
bugzilla.suse.com/944697
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5388
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6815
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6833
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6833
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5403
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6834
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6835
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6836
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6888
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7116
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7155
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7156
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7157
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7161
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7170
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7421
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7422
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7423
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7466
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7908
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7909
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7994
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7995
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8576
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8577
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8578
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8668
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8909
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8910
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9101
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9102
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9103
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9104
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9105
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9106
Left out here: 6 versions and the rest of 4 source descriptions. The JSON record has them.