CVE-2016-6490

Medium

Description

The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.4

Exploit probability—

ProductQemu

PublishedDec 10, 2016

First seenDec 10, 2016

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
qemu qemu	v ≤ 2.6.2, 2.7.0	—

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