CVE-2016-5403

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2016-5403: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix