VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4964
The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.
MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06630554ccbdd25780aa03c3548aaff1eb56dffd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/24/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04027.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.