CVE-2016-5106

6.0 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (6.0). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The megasas_dcmd_set_properties function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU, when built with MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 Host Bus Adapter emulation support, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write access) via vectors involving a MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) command.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.0 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
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/2016/05/25/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/8
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339578

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