The vmxnet3_complete_packet function in hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information by leveraging failure to initialize the txcq_descr object.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6836
Reference (s):
- BID:92444
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92444
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fdda170e50b8af062cf5741e12c4fb5e57a2eacf
- GENTOO:GLSA-201609-01
- URL: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01