CVE-2016-4453 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop12 documents7 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian QemuCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.6+dfsg-3+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.6.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-923w-8gr7-5984: The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm regression↗2016-08-12
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-08-04
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OSV
CVE-2016-4453: The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga↗2016-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU regression↗2016-08-12
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-08-04
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Red Hat
Qemu: display: vmsvga: infinite loop in vmsvga_fifo_run() routine↗2016-05-30
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Debian
CVE-2016-4453: qemu - The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local gue...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4453 Qemu: display: vmsvga: infinite loop in vmsvga_fifo_run() routine [fedora-all]↗2016-05-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4453 xen: Qemu: display: vmsvga: infinite loop in vmsvga_fifo_run() routine [fedora-all]↗2016-05-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4453 Qemu: display: vmsvga: infinite loop in vmsvga_fifo_run() routine↗2016-05-17
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