CVE-2016-5403 PUBLISHED

The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.

EPSS 0.07% · 21.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.07%
21.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSxen0, 4.3.0-1ubuntu1, 4.3.0-1ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSqemu0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSqemu2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.20, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.21, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22

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