Buffer Overflow Affecting qemu-img package, versions <10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-QEMUIMG-7956546
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2016

Introduced: 24 May 2016

CVE-2016-5126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 qemu-img to version 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1606.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu-img package and not the qemu-img package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call.

CVSS Scores

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