vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-8668: Classic Buffer Overflow
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 4, 2016 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 4, 2016
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
Description
The rocker_io_writel function in hw/net/rocker/rocker.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit DMA buffer size.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-qemu
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