6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.6%
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.
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/4
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-7422
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03546.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7422
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7422
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7422
6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access 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
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.6%