CVE-2016-4002
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.063 · 94 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Buffer overflow in the mipsnet_receive function in hw/net/mipsnet.c in QEMU, when the guest NIC is configured to accept large packets, allows 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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.8–9.8
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affected products (10)
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also known as (3)
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references (26)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082cnnvd
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6enisa_euvd
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