High severity · published Apr 12, 2016
CVE-2016-1568
Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly…
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 5.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.5.1.1 · source: NVD
VI
Virtualization · Redhat
3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1568
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1568
git.qemu.org
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ab0359a8ae182a7ac5c99609667273167703fab
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
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