CVE-2016-5126 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-5126

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_aio_ioctl function in block/iscsi.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iSCSI asynchronous I/O ioctl call.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

qemu, ubuntu linux, linux, debian linux, openstack, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation, virtualization
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 7, 8.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8, 9, 5.0, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 1st, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.