CVE-2016-7423
MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 10, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQEMU
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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/11Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/5VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92997x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg03604.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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