CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1568

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-1568 is a use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support. It allows guest OS users to cause an instance crash or potentially execute arbitrary code via an invalid AHCI Native Command Queuing (NCQ) AIO command.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to instance crashes and allow attackers to execute malicious code, posing a significant threat to the security of the virtual environment.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update QEMU to the latest version that includes fixes for this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential exploitation attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation support, 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS