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CVE-2016-5238
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…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- USN-3047-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160601 Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] scsi: check buffer length before reading scsi command (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160531 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] scsi: check buffer length before reading scsi command (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160602 CVE Request Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201609-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-3047-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 90995 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160602 Re: CVE Request Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1341931 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-6189 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2016-5238)Record last updated .