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01 Record

CVE-2016-5403

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 43.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2016-08-02 16:00Z10 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2016-06-10
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c2c7fcd6ca5bdb17f10001e3ef79103314d54aa32dfa74c75a3aecf937e5e84c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—
oraclelinuxNot specified—
oraclevm_serverNot specified—
qemuqemuNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_server_ausNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_server_tusNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—
redhatopenstackNot specified—
redhatrhel_virtualizationNot specified—
redhatvirtualizationNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • qemu
    Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30
  • xen
    Fixed in 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.7

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • qemu
    Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.