CVE-2016-7156

medium

Description

The pvscsi_convert_sglist 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 an incorrect cast.

References

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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01246.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00772.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92774

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/3

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-10

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00099

Detections

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