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CRITICAL
CVE-2016-4002
QEMU Mipsnet Buffer Overflow
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 26, 2016, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 14, 2020, 7:54 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-4002 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4002 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-4002.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory

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Born at : Aug. 5, 2017, 4:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-4002 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4002 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326082 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html Vendor Advisory https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.2
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85992 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Removed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg01131.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4002 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-4002 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.91 }} 0.11%

score

0.92767

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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