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CVE-2016-7156

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Published: Dec 10, 2016 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
2.6 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7156
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.html

The pvscsi_convert_sglist 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 an incorrect cast.

Weakness

The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.7.1 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu devel *
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu upstream *
Qemu Ubuntu xenial *
Qemu Ubuntu yakkety *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu upstream *

References

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