| Name | CVE-2016-8667 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1497-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 840950 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | buster | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:8.1.0+ds-6 | fixed |
| sid | 1:8.1.1+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| qemu | source | jessie | 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u7 | | DLA-1497-1 | |
| qemu | source | (unstable) | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 | | | 840950 |
| qemu-kvm | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| qemu-kvm | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - qemu <no-dsa> (minor issue)
[wheezy] - qemu-kvm <not-affected> (Code only affects mips platform)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg02577.html