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Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU,...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 10, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 12, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 10, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-1568

GHSA ID

GHSA-gx29-hhc2-825w

Source code

No known source code

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