high
8.8
CWE
416
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2016-1568: Use After Free

First published: Fri Dec 04 2015(Updated: )

Last updated 24 July 2024

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
QEMU qemu<=2.5.1.1
Redhat Openstack=6.0
Redhat Openstack=7.0
Redhat Openstack=5.0
Redhat Virtualization=3.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
Debian Debian Linux=7.0
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
All of
Any of
Redhat Openstack=5.0
Redhat Virtualization=3.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
debian/qemu
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3
1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2
1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u7
1:9.0.2+ds-2
1:9.1.0+ds-3

Remedy

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4ab0359a8ae182a7ac5c99609667273167703fab

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2016-1568?

    CVE-2016-1568 is a use-after-free vulnerability in QEMU's IDE AHCI Emulation support.

  • How does CVE-2016-1568 affect QEMU?

    CVE-2016-1568 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2016-1568?

    CVE-2016-1568 has a severity rating of high (7).

  • Which software versions are affected by CVE-2016-1568?

    QEMU versions 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2, 1.0+, and Debian versions 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8, 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u10, 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2, 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u1, 1:8.0.4+dfsg-3, 1:8.1.0+ds-6 are affected.

  • How do I fix CVE-2016-1568?

    To fix CVE-2016-1568, update to QEMU version 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22 (for Ubuntu), 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2 (for Ubuntu), 1.0+ (for Ubuntu), 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8, 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u10, 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2, 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u1, 1:8.0.4+dfsg-3, or 1:8.1.0+ds-6 (for Debian).

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