UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5403
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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5403
Published: 2 Aug 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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Summary:
Details: The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5403, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3047-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3047-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5403
Affected packages
Package
Name: qemu
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
Affected versions
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
