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CVE-2016-8667

Divide By Zero

Published: Nov 04, 2016 | Modified: Oct 21, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8667
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/369.html

The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value.

Weakness

The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.8.1.1 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.9.0-rc0 (including) 2.9.0-rc0 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu artful *
Qemu Ubuntu bionic *
Qemu Ubuntu cosmic *
Qemu Ubuntu devel *
Qemu Ubuntu disco *
Qemu Ubuntu eoan *
Qemu Ubuntu focal *
Qemu Ubuntu groovy *
Qemu Ubuntu hirsute *
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu xenial *
Qemu Ubuntu yakkety *
Qemu Ubuntu zesty *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise/esm *

References

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