CVE-2019-6501: fedoraproject fedora Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-6501 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 17-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In QEMU 3.1, scsi_handle_inquiry_reply in hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c allows out-of-bounds write and read operations.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
46%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.56% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (lists.gnu.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:3.1+dfsg-3
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL30
Qemu1 product
- qemu3.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
8 links- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/24/1Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-01/msg02324.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
