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CVE-2016-5338

Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB r/w access while processing ESP_FIFO

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 30, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The (1) esp_reg_read and (2) esp_reg_write functions in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors related to the information transfer buffer.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write