CVE-2016-6835: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.0. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The vmxnet_tx_pkt_parse_headers function in hw/net/vmxnet_tx_pkt.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) by leveraging failure to check IP header length.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Qemu Qemu: before 2.6.0 (fixed in 2.6.0)
• Red Hat Virtualization: version 4.0 only

Published 2016-12-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.