CVE-2016-4453

MEDIUM 4.4CVE-2016-4453 · Published 01/06/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-4453 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability affecting qemu (qemu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.42%, higher than 36.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
qemu qemu	`≤ 2.6.0`	No fix yet

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

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/90928 · Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 · Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html · Mailing List
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.html · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

qemu

≤ 2.6.0

No fix yet

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