Use After Free Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.5+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-QEMU-18321683
  • published27 Jul 2026
  • disclosed12 Apr 2016

Introduced: 12 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-1568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest qemu to version 1:2.5+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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1