4.4

CVE-2016-7423: qemu

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-7423
Published 10-10-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7423 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in qemu. 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 · +0.02 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 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1

Timeline

  1. 10-10-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.40% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Debian1 product
  • qemu< 1:2.7+dfsg-1
Qemu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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