VDB
CVE-2016-6490
CVE-2016-6490
PUBLISHED
Reported by redhat · Published December 10, 2016
The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | n/a | n/a, n/a |
Timeline
- Dec 10, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20160728 CVE Request Qemu: virtio: infinite loop in virtqueue_pop mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- [oss-security] 20160728 Re: CVE Request Qemu: virtio: infinite loop in virtqueue_pop mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- GLSA-201609-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [qemu-devel] 20160726 [PATCH] virtio: check vring descriptor buffer length mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST