CVE-2016-6490: 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…

PriorityP412medium4.4CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.39%

31.9th percentile

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	qemu	< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)	qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)
qemu	qemu	<= 2.6.2	—
qemu	qemu	—	—
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1	1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv4.4MEDIUM

vendor_debian4.4MEDIUM

vendor_redhat4.4MEDIUM

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