CVE-2016-6351

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

07/09/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::		2.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::		2.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

CVE-2016-6351

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools