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CVE-2016-7423 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03604.html CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/11 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
<= 2.7.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7423
NVD Published Date:
Oct 10, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-7423 Details - Not Deferred