What is the severity of CVE-2016-6490?

CVE-2016-6490 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6490?

To fix CVE-2016-6490, update QEMU to version 2.7.0-rc1 or later.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-6490?

CVE-2016-6490 affects local guest OS administrators using QEMU versions up to 2.6.2 and 2.7.0-rc0.

What kind of attack does CVE-2016-6490 allow?

CVE-2016-6490 allows an attacker to cause an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process.

Is CVE-2016-6490 a local or remote vulnerability?

CVE-2016-6490 is considered a local vulnerability, exploitable by guest OS administrators.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-6490

medium

4.4

CWE

120

10/12/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-6490

First published: Sat Dec 10 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
QEMU KVM	<=2.6.2
QEMU KVM	=2.7.0-rc0

Remedy

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-07/msg06246.html

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6490?
CVE-2016-6490 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6490?
To fix CVE-2016-6490, update QEMU to version 2.7.0-rc1 or later.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-6490?
CVE-2016-6490 affects local guest OS administrators using QEMU versions up to 2.6.2 and 2.7.0-rc0.
What kind of attack does CVE-2016-6490 allow?
CVE-2016-6490 allows an attacker to cause an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process.
Is CVE-2016-6490 a local or remote vulnerability?
CVE-2016-6490 is considered a local vulnerability, exploitable by guest OS administrators.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6490?
CVE-2016-6490 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6490?
To fix CVE-2016-6490, update QEMU to version 2.7.0-rc1 or later.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-6490?
CVE-2016-6490 affects local guest OS administrators using QEMU versions up to 2.6.2 and 2.7.0-rc0.
What kind of attack does CVE-2016-6490 allow?
CVE-2016-6490 allows an attacker to cause an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process.
Is CVE-2016-6490 a local or remote vulnerability?
CVE-2016-6490 is considered a local vulnerability, exploitable by guest OS administrators.