Qemu: net: ne2000: infinite loop in ne2000_receive
Published Jun 16, 2016
6.0
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
The ne2000_receive function in the NE2000 NIC emulation support (hw/net/ne2000.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via crafted values for the PSTART and PSTOP registers, involving ring buffer control.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.10
- 16.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xen
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-rhev
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-rhev
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00391) | 30.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00391) | 30.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 24.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2841 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303106 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2841
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2841
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2841 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303106 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2841 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2841 |
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