CVE-2016-6351 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Qemu

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow11 documents7 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian QemuCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 7
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving DMA read into ESP command buffer.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.6+dfsg-3.1+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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-f7gh-f5wg-p6m2: The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-6351: The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp↗2016-09-07
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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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📋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 access in esp_do_dma↗2016-06-15
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Debian
CVE-2016-6351: qemu - The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when buil...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6351 Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write access in esp_do_dma↗2016-07-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6351 Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write access in esp_do_dma [fedora-all]↗2016-07-27
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