CVE-2016-4964 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's mptsas_fetch_requests function, specifically affecting the hw/scsi/mptsas.c component. A local guest OS administrator can trigger an infinite loop, leading to high CPU consumption or a QEMU process crash. Rated 6.0 MEDIUM, this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and has a high impact on availability (A:H), but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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