CVE-2019-6501
In QEMU 3.1, scsi_handle_inquiry_reply in hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c allows out-of-bounds write and read operations.
02 Description
In QEMU 3.1, scsi_handle_inquiry_reply in hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c allows out-of-bounds write and read operations.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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
- Low. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-03-17 16:51Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 20:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- da92d2bbb3af82f578fdffce60175f2a899109d5d97edabd3e4a832ef331bf8b
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comMLIST [oss-security] 20190124 CVE-2019-6501 QEMU: scsi-generic: possible OOB access while handling inquiry requesthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/24/1
- lists.gnu.org[Qemu-devel][PATCH] 20190111 scsi-generic: avoid possible out-of-bounds access to r->bufhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-01/msg02324.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-0664c7724dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJMTVGDLA654HNCDGLCUEIP36SNJEKK7/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0006/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2166https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2166
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2425https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2425
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2553https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2553
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:3.1+dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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