CVE-2016-7421

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CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium

EPSS

<1%p34

Published

Dec 10, 2016 (Dec 10, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: qemu debian
Products: qemu, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-834
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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