CVE-2016-6490

low-risk
Published 2016-12-10

The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.

Do I need to act?

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.4/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Qemu

References (10)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b672...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9
Patch https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b672...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9
Patch https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
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low-risk
Severity 15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low