4.4

CVE-2016-5105: canonical ubuntu_linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5105DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5105
Published 02-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5105 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8
DLA-1599-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1SUSE-SU-2016:2093-1SUSE-SU-2016:2100-1SUSE-SU-2016:2533-1SUSE-SU-2016:2589-1

Timeline

  1. 02-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.41% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Qemu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26 | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.3

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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