CVE-2016-4964
MEDIUMQEMU < 2.6.2 - Denial of Service via mptsas_fetch_requests Infinite Loop
Title source: llmDescription
The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7
Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
Scores
CVSS v3
6.0
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
18.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
qemu/qemu
< 2.6.2
Published
Dec 10, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026