CVE - CVE-2016-4453

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-4453	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.
References
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MISC:90928 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90928 MISC:GLSA-201609-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 MISC:USN-3047-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 MISC:USN-3047-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 MISC:[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html MISC:[oss-security] 20160530 CVE-2016-4453 Qemu: display: vmsvga: infinite loop in vmsvga_fifo_run() routine URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2 MISC:[qemu-devel] 20160530 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] vmsvga: don't process more than 1024 fifo commands at once URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160502	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160502)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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