CVE-2016-4964: qemu
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-4964 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 10-12-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.0MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
33%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.6+dfsg-2
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.6.2
2 vendors · 2 products
References
6 links- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
