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CVE-2016-5403
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-02T16:59:03.153 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:20.877

Summary

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.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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