CVE-2016-6490

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2016-6490
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.

4.4 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 02:56

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f - () http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f -
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 - Third Party Advisory
Information

Published : 2016-12-10 00:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:56

NVD link : CVE-2016-6490

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6490

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6490

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Products Affected

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')