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CVE-2016-5403

Published: Aug 2, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

n/an/a
QEMUFabrice Bellard
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxoracle
On-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
vm serveroracle
On-prem
Databases / relational
fabrice bellardindividual-devFRCloud & SaaS
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Impact
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References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
oracle.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1756.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-184.html
xenbits.xen.org
and 19 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 2, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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