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CVE-2016-6351

Published: Sep 07, 2016 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.7
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
4 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
5.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6351
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

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

References

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