CVE-2016-4453

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.6.0 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.

References (8)

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90928

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 20.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

qemu/qemu < 2.6.0

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Jun 01, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026