Critical
Security advisory
Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-7161
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Heap-based buffer overflow in the .receive callback of xlnx.xps-ethernetlite in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via a large ethlite packet.
osv:CVE-2016-7161
Complete source record
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