VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-1568

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references