CVE-2016-5238

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-06-14 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c3b27d491fadb93d731813cbf0111861c76bc9fe3db23ee65ba03aeb60913bec

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3047-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160601 Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] scsi: check buffer length before reading scsi commandhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-06/msg00150.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160531 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] scsi: check buffer length before reading scsi commandhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05691.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160602 CVE Request Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201609-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3047-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com90995http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90995vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160602 Re: CVE Request Qemu: scsi: esp: OOB write when using non-DMA mode in get_cmdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1341931x_refsource_CONFIRM