CVE-2016-7157

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.7.1 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

The (1) mptsas_config_manufacturing_1 and (2) mptsas_config_ioc_0 functions in hw/scsi/mptconfig.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK.

References (7)

[Patch] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=65a8e1f6413a0f6f79894da710b5d6d43361d27d

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/4

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/3

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92775

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04295.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04296.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (2)

qemu/qemu < 2.7.1

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Dec 10, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026