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CVE-2016-6351

MEDIUM

6.7

Description

The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving DMA read into ESP command buffer.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.7

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published9/7/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxqemu:qemu

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=926cde5f3e4d2504ed161ed0cb771ac7cad6fd11(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc96677469388bad3d66479379735cf75db069e3(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/14(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/7(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92119(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=926cde5f3e4d2504ed161ed0cb771ac7cad6fd11(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cc96677469388bad3d66479379735cf75db069e3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/14(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92119(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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