Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-7421

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.

  • Published: Dec 10, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-7421
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
qemu / qemu - 2.7.1.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x