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 (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via a large I/O descriptor buffer length value.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.613Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7422

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-10T00:59:18.687

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:57:58.590

Link: CVE-2016-7422

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7422 - Bugzilla