Description
hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or infinite loop, and QEMU process crash) via a crafted page count for descriptor rings.
Published: 2016-12-10
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8023 hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or infinite loop, and QEMU process crash) via a crafted page count for descriptor rings.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.468Z

Reserved: 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7155

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:12.263

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

Link: CVE-2016-7155

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7155 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses