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CVE-2016-5337

medium

Description

The megasas_ctrl_get_info function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information via vectors related to reading device control information.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg01969.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91097

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/08/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/08/13

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=844864fbae66935951529408831c2f22367a57b6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-14

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00083