CVE-2016-5338
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg01507.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg01507.htmlPatch
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ff589551c8e8e9e95e211b9d8daafb4ed39f1aec
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/3Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/08/14Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91079Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlAdvisory