CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5105

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Sep 02, 2016 | Modified: Oct 21, 2020
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
2.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.6.2 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu wily *
Qemu Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References