Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.
Published: 2016-09-02
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5926 QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3047-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Qemu Qemu
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:39.857Z

Reserved: 2016-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4952

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-02T14:59:01.330

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4952

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4952 - Bugzilla

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