Medium severity6.0NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-4952
CVE-2016-4952
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03774.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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