CVE-2016-1568

Qemu: ide: ahci use-after-free vulnerability in aio port commands

Published Apr 8, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3469-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3470-1 qemu-kvm security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3471-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-2663 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2891-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics threat_severity

Important

threat_severity

Low

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:02 PM
Reserved
Jan 9, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 12, 2016, 2:00 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 8, 2016, 12:00 AM