CVE-2016-4453
Moderate
CVE-2016-4453
The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
June 1, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
102 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-4453
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The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90928
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01