CVE-2016-5238 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting QEMU, specifically within the get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c. It allows a local guest OS administrator to crash the QEMU process through an out-of-bounds write when reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, leading to a high impact on availability (A:H) but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The attack complexity is low (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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