Security Advisory
CVE-2016-7421
4.4
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
The pvscsi_ring_pop_req_descr function in hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit process IO loop to the ring size.
Published Date
December 10, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory