CVE-2016-8667: Debian Linux

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

The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.2 only
• Qemu Qemu: up to and including 2.8.1.1; version 2.9.0 only

Published 2016-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.