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CVE-2016-6351

The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation support, allows local guest OS adminis…

Impact

The esp_do_dma function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with ESP/NCR53C9x controller emulation support, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving DMA read into ESP command buffer.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
QemuQemu
through 2.6.2
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0

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