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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2016-7421
HistoryDec 10, 2016 - 12:59 a.m.

Design/Logic Flaw

2016-12-1000:59:00
PRIOn knowledge base
www.prio-n.com
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6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.8%

The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.

CPENameOperatorVersion
debian_linuxeq8.0
qemule2.7.1

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.8%