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) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.

CVSS v3 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

6.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/23/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334384	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03774.html	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-09-02 14:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-4952

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4952

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-4952

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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