The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of…

Description

The rc4030_write function in hw/dma/rc4030.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via a large interval timer reload value.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-369 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-369 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• [oss-security] 20161015 Re: CVE request Qemu: dma: rc4030 divide by zero error in set_next_tick (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 93567 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [qemu-devel] 20161012 [PATCH] dma: rc4030: limit interval timer reload value (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2016:3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20161014 CVE request Qemu: dma: rc4030 divide by zero error in set_next_tick (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 02:27 UTC.