CVE-2016-5338

HIGH

QEMU < 2.6.2 - Denial of Service or Arbitrary Code Execution via SCSI ESP Buffer Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg01507.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/08/14
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91079
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu < 2.6.2
Published Jun 14, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026