DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5403

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5403 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	qemu	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	qemu	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	qemu	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	qemu	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Aug 2, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5403 advisory

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