2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/3
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-7421
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03609.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7421
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7421
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7421
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.8%