CVE-2016-5238 — Out-of-bounds Write in Qemu

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents7 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 81.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian QemuCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 14
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU might allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.6+dfsg-3+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.6.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Patches

Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-57v7-vm5q-fmpj: The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm regression↗2016-08-12
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-08-04
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OSV
CVE-2016-5238: The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp↗2016-06-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU regression↗2016-08-12
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-08-04
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Red Hat
Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmd↗2016-05-31
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Debian
CVE-2016-5238: qemu - The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU might allow local guest OS adminis...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5238 Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmd↗2016-06-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5238 Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmd [fedora-all]↗2016-06-02
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