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CVE-2016-7423

Published: Oct 10, 2016 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.8 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
4.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7423
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.7.1 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu devel *
Qemu Ubuntu upstream *
Qemu Ubuntu yakkety *

References

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