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CVE-2016-7421 PUBLISHED

The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.

EPSS 0.11% · 29.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.11%
29.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSqemu0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSqemu0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10

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