CVE-2016-5338

high

Published 2016-06-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

The (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	16.04	affected
debian	8.0	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.6+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.6+dfsg-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.6+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.6+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.6+dfsg-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
qemu	qemu	`{"endIncluding":"2.6.2"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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