CVE-2016-5403
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-5403
To remediate CVE-2016-5403, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/xen—upgrade to 4.7.0-r0 or later
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 or later
Is CVE-2016-5403 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.7.0-r0
- from 0, < 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |