CVE-2016-1568
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.34%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1568
To remediate CVE-2016-1568, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.5+dfsg-2 or later
Is CVE-2016-1568 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.5+dfsg-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |