CVE-2016-2857: Buffer Overflow

First published: Fri Apr 08 2016(Updated: )

The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

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