CVE-2016-1714

HIGH

QEMU <2.4 - Denial of Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.

References (19)

Core 19
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/12/10
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0083.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0085.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.html
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/12/11
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/7
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034858
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0081.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80250
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0082.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.html
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00428.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 57.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
oracle/linux 6
oracle/linux 7
qemu/qemu < 2.3.0
redhat/openstack 5.0
Published Apr 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026