CVE-2016-5238 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5238?

CVE-2016-5238 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 14 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The get_cmd function in hw/scsi/esp.c in QEMU might allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to reading from the information transfer buffer in non-DMA mode.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5238?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5238?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-5238 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5238, GHSA-57v7-vm5q-fmpj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5238.