CVE-2016-5238

Medium

Description

The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU might allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedJun 14, 2016
First seenJun 14, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemuv ≤ 2.6.2—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 16.04—
debian debian_linux8.0—

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