CVE-2016-4454

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4454
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-01T22:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-14T13:55:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1336429 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05271.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3047-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90927 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4454
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4454
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:32:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:44:47 2016-06-01T22:59Z 2016-06-01T22:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:44:47 2020-05-14T13:55:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:44:47 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated