CVE-2016-5105

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (4.4). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-908
Published: 2016-09-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux
debian:debian_linux
qemu:qemu

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/7
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339583

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