CVE-2016-4439

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6.7
Description
The esp_reg_write function in hw/scsi/esp.c in the 53C9X Fast SCSI Controller (FSC) support in QEMU does not properly check command buffer length, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via unspecified vectors.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4439
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-05-20T14:59:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-14T15:28:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.0
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.7
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03273.html Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1337502 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90760 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4439
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4439
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:32:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:37:27 2016-05-20T14:59Z 2016-05-20T14:59:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:37:27 2020-05-14T15:28:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:37:27 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated