VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-4002

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability6.34%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-04-26

Last modified2026-06-17

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.