01 Record

CVE-2016-7155

hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or infinite loop, and QEMU process crash) via a crafted page

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or infinite loop, and QEMU process crash) via a crafted page

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: 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 32.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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

2016-12-10 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3e94f526d53534402f38e618ea62ee18ee63c6e612e2cdedee25ef7571997d35

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

qemuqemuNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatopenstackNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160906 Re: CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: OOB read and infinite loop while setting descriptor ringshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com92772http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92772vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160901 [PATCH v3] scsi: check page count while initialising descriptor ringshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00050.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7f61f4690dd153be98900a2a508b88989e692753x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160906 CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: OOB read and infinite loop while setting descriptor ringshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

01 Record index

CVE-2016-7155

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-7155

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References