CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4441
6.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in the 53C9X Fast SCSI Controller (FSC) support in QEMU does not properly check DMA length, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via unspecified vectors, involving an SCSI command.
Affected configurations
• qemu qemu (<= 2.6.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90762 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1337505 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03274.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90762 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1337505 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03274.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory