<p>Upgrade <code>Debian:12</code> <code>qemu</code> to version 1:2.6+dfsg-2 or higher.</p>

Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.6+dfsg-2

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.06% (26^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558316
published 2 Sep 2016
disclosed 2 Sep 2016

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Introduced: 2 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-4952 Open this link in a new tab CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 qemu to version 1:2.6+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with VMWARE PVSCSI paravirtual SCSI bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via vectors related to the (1) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_RINGS or (2) PVSCSI_CMD_SETUP_MSG_RING SCSI command.