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CVE-2016-7423
The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.41%
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- redhat
Description
The mptsas_process_scsi_io_request function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with LSI SAS1068 Host Bus emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving MPTSASRequest objects.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- GLSA-201611-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376776 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20160915 [PULL 03/17] scsi: mptsas: use g_new0 to allocate MPTSASRequest object (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=670e56d3ed2918b3861d9216f2c0540d9e9ae0d5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160916 Re: CVE request Qemu: scsi: mptsas: OOB access when freeing MPTSASRequest object (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160916 CVE request Qemu: scsi: mptsas: OOB access when freeing MPTSASRequest object (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)
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