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
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90928 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336650 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-06-01T22:00:00

Updated: 2018-12-01T10:57:01

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-4453

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-06-01T22:59:03.877

Modified: 2020-05-14T13:32:55.823


Link: CVE-2016-4453

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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