CVE-2016-7161

CVE-2016-7161 is a critical vulnerability published on October 5, 2016. 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.

CVE-2016-7161 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 5, 2016, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

CVE-2016-7161 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 95.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

CVE-2016-7161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-7161, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.