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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-573-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1927-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6348 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3047-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3125-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.915Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5403

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-02T16:59:03.153

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5403

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5403 - Bugzilla

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