Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2016-5403

Disclosure Date: August 02, 2016
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • oracle,
  • qemu,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 6.0,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 6.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.2,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.2,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server eus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.2,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux workstation 6.0,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • linux 5,
  • linux 6,
  • linux 7,
  • openstack 5.0,
  • openstack 6.0,
  • openstack 7.0,
  • openstack 8,
  • openstack 9,
  • qemu,
  • qemu 2.7.0,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • virtualization 3.0,
  • vm server 3.4

Additional Info

Technical Analysis