ALPINE-CVE-2016-5403

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CVE-2016-5403
Published: 02 Aug 2016, 16:59
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Aug 2016, 16:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•xen

    < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.6.3-r1 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0

References (1)