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CVE-2016-7421
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-10T00:59:17.293 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:02.180

Summary

The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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