CVE-2016-1568

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.42%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/2 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80191 third party advisory vdb entry
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ab0359a8ae182a7ac5c99609667273167703fab
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034859 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/09/1 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1568?
CVE-2016-1568 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1568?
To fix CVE-2016-1568, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1568 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1568 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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