What is CVE-2016-4964?

CVE-2016-4964 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2016-12-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-4964?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Qemu

CVE-2016-4964

The mptsas_fetch_requests function in hw/scsi/mptsas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and CPU consumption or QEMU process crash) via vectors involving s->state.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Qemu
N/a — versions n/a

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4964?: CVE-2016-4964 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2016-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-4964?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.