CVE-2016-5238

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5238
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5238.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5238
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Published
2016-06-14T14:59:00.117Z
Modified
2026-05-15T12:02:34.592964780Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU might allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages