CVE-2016-4454
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6 · Memory corruption
6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05271.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05271.htmlPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/3Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90927Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336429Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01Advisory