High
Security advisory
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-2857
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-2857
Complete source record
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