CVE-2016-6351

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 07 Sept 2016, 18:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 01:29

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.23% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Sept 2016, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 01:29
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.23%• Percentile: 45%

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • qemu•qemu

    ≤ 2.6.2

References (8)