CVE-2016-5403

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 28
Modified
Published: 02 Aug 2016, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 01:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Aug 2016, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 01:00
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
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • oracle•linux

    5 | 6 | 7

  • oracle•vm_server

    3.4

  • qemu•qemu

    ≤ 2.6.0 | 2.7.0:rc0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus

    7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0 | 7.0

  • redhat•openstack

    5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8 | 9

  • redhat•virtualization

    3.0

References (21)