CVE-2016-5105

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The megasas_dcmd_cfg_read function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, uses an uninitialized variable, which allows local guest administrators to read host memory via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-908

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339583Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339583Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg04419.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 2, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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