CVE-2016-7161

9.8 criticalEPSS 6.1%

Critical (9.8). EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2016-10-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
qemu:qemu

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141

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