CVE-2016-3712

MEDIUM

QEMU - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Integer overflow in the VGA module in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by editing VGA registers in VBE mode.

References (11)

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2585.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0621.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX212736

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3573

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/4

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90314

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035794

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-179.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg01196.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 33.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-190

Status draft

Affected Products (32)

oracle/vm_server

qemu/qemu < 2.5.1

qemu/qemu

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

... and 17 more

Timeline

Published May 11, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026