CVE-2016-2392

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

The is_rndis function in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 does not properly validate USB configuration descriptor objects, which allows 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2016-06-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
qemu:qemu

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80eecda8e5d09c442c24307f340840a5b70ea3b9
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/16/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83274
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1

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