DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6490

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6490
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6490.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6490
Upstream
Published
2016-12-10T00:59:01Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:16:32Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The virtqueuemapdesc 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / qemu

Package

Name
qemu
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.6+dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}