VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-5403

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-08-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references