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CVE-2016-6490
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-10T00:59:01.760 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:51:15.697

Summary

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.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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