CVE-2016-4454
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 1, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 2, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3047-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160530 CVE-2016-4454 Qemu: display: vmsvga: out-of-bounds read in vmsvga_fifo_read_raw() routinemailing-list
- GLSA-201609-01vendor-advisory
- USN-3047-2vendor-advisory
- [qemu-devel] 20160530 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/4] vmsvga: move fifo sanity checks to vmsvga_fifo_lengthmailing-list
- 90927vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336429
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
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