CVE-2016-1568

HIGH

QEMU < 2.5.1.1 - Use-After-Free in AHCI NCQ AIO Command Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80191
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034859
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 56.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu < 2.5.1.1
redhat/openstack 6.0
redhat/openstack 7.0
redhat/openstack 5.0
redhat/virtualization 3.0
Published Apr 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026