Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [,2.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007175
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-4952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qemu-project/qemu to version 2.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. 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.

CVSS Scores

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