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CVE-2017-8112 (GCVE-0-2017-8112)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:27
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Summary
hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-04-25 00:00
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