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CVE-2016-5403

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.52%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-5403
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.52%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The virtqueue_pop function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and QEMU process crash) by submitting requests without waiting for completion.