CVE-2016-4454: 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…

PriorityP422medium6CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCHINAH

EPSS

0.42%

34.6th percentile

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.

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	qemu	< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3 (bookworm)	qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
qemu	qemu	<= 2.6.0	—
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3	1:2.6+dfsg-3
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3	1:2.6+dfsg-3
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3	1:2.6+dfsg-3
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-3	1:2.6+dfsg-3
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26	2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27	2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.3	1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.3
qemu	qemu	>= 0 < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.4	1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.0MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

osv6.7MEDIUM

vendor_ubuntu6.7MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.0MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.0MEDIUM

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