CVE-2016-4453

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90928Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90928Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 1, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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