CVE-2016-1714
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 7, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 12, 2016
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20160112 Re: CVE request Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurationsmailing-list
- RHSA-2016:0083vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0085vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0086vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- [oss-security] 20160112 Re: Re: CVE request Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurationsmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20160111 CVE request Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurationsmailing-list
- 1034858vdb-entry
- [Qemu-devel] 20160106 [PATCH v2 for v2.3.0] fw_cfg: add check to validate current entry valuemailing-list
- RHSA-2016:0081vendor-advisory
- 80250vdb-entry
- GLSA-201604-01vendor-advisory
- DSA-3469vendor-advisory
- DSA-3470vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0082vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0087vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0084vendor-advisory
- DSA-3471vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0088vendor-advisory
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