CVE-2016-4952
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334384Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03774.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334384Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03774.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.