CVE-2016-5403

Qemu: virtio: unbounded memory allocation on host via guest leading to DoS

Published Aug 2, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-573-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1927-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6348 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3047-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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