CVE-2016-7157 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU, specifically affecting the mptsas_config_manufacturing_1 and mptsas_config_ioc_0 functions in hw/scsi/mptconfig.c. This flaw allows a local guest OS administrator to crash the QEMU process by manipulating MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.4), the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L), leading to a high impact on availability (A:H) without affecting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.1CPE 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:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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