CVE-2016-3712

Publication date 9 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.28

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=bfa0f151a564a83b5a26f3e917da98674bf3cf62 Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=7fa5c2c5dc9f9bf878c1e8669eb9644d70a71e71 Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=2068192dcccd8a80dddfcc8df6164cf9c26e0fc4 Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=fd3c136b3e1482cd0ec7285d6bc2a3e6a62c38d7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2974-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
12 May 2016