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CVE-2016-5403

Published: Aug 2, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 58.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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 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

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
openstackOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
virtualizationOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
linuxOn-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
vm serverOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
qemu
oss-project·US
qemuOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Fabrice Bellard
individual-dev·FR
QEMULibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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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
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