CVE-2016-6490
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.4)—
The virtqueue_map_desc function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a zero length for the descriptor buffer.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 4.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.39%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 31
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-120
Referencias
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e7aed70144b4673fc26e73062064b6724795e5f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/9
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
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