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TI-2016-01429 Aliases CVE-2016-1568GHSA-gx29-hhc2-825w

Use-after-free vulnerability in hw/ide/ahci.c in QEMU, when built with IDE AHCI Emulation…

Priority LOW 39CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00533 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.5.1.1VulnerableQEMU
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0Running onRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.5.1.1 Vulnerable ·QEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Running on ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2016:0084 Released 2016-01-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update
    • RHEV Power Host libcacard-devel-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7 +4
    • RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hosts libcacard-devel-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7 +4
  • RHSA-2016:0086 Released 2016-01-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 libcacard-devel-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7 +4
  • RHSA-2016:0087 Released 2016-01-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 libcacard-devel-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7 +4
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2016:0088 Released 2016-01-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm-rhev security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 libcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, libcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7, qemu-img-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.7 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)AffectedNo fix yet
RHEV Power HostFixed RHSA-2016:0084
RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2016:0084
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0086
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0087
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2016:0088
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1568
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gx29-hhc2-825w

References

Advisory 10

Other 1

Sources

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