CVE-2016-4964: The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite…

PriorityP418medium6CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSCCNINAH

EPSS

0.39%

31.7th percentile

The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	qemu	< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-2 (bookworm)	qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-2 (bookworm)
qemu	qemu	<= 2.6.2	—
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-2	1:2.6+dfsg-2
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-2	1:2.6+dfsg-2
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-2	1:2.6+dfsg-2
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-2	1:2.6+dfsg-2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.0MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv6.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.0MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.0MEDIUM

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