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CVE-2016-6490

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-6490
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD Description

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.