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CVE-2016-5337
The megasas_ctrl_get_info function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.43%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- USN-3047-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=844864fbae66935951529408831c2f22367a57b6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 91097 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201609-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-3047-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160608 Re: CVE Request Qemu: scsi: megasas: information leakage in megasas_ctrl_get_info (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160607 [PULL 06/13] scsi: megasas: null terminate bios version buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160608 CVE Request Qemu: scsi: megasas: information leakage in megasas_ctrl_get_info (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .