CVE-2016-4952

MediumCVSS 6.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 2, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-4952: Medium severity, CVSS 6.0 | Vulnix