CVE-2016-7170

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4.4
Description
The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to cursor.mask[] and cursor.image[] array sizes when processing a DEFINE_CURSOR svga command.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7170
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-10T00:59:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:25:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-129 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.7.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01764.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=167d97a3def77ee2dbf6e908b0ecbfe2103977db Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/7 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92904 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html Mailing List 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-2016-7170
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7170
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:08:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:18:28 2016-12-10T00:59Z 2016-12-10T00:59:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:18:28 2020-10-15T17:27:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:18:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 01:06:54 2023-02-12T23:25:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:06:54 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated