CVE-2016-7155
Moderate
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 count for descriptor rings.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 10, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
110 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-7155
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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 count for descriptor rings.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7f61f4690dd153be98900a2a508b88989e692753
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92772
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00050.html