CVE-2016-4439

medium
Published 2016-05-20 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.6
VIR risk
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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
66%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4439

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg03273.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4439.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.6+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.6+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed1:2.6+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed1:2.6+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1:2.6+dfsg-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
qemuqemu{"endIncluding":"2.6.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.