CVE-2016-6490

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
Description
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 (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6490
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-10T00:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:50:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-120 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.2
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6490
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6490
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:07:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:18:01 2016-12-10T00:59Z 2016-12-10T00:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:18:01 2020-10-15T19:28:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:18:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 05:07:28 2023-02-13T04:50:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:07:28 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated