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Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 14, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5238

CVE-2016-5238

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.

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