What is the severity of CVE-2016-10029?

CVE-2016-10029 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service due to out-of-bounds reads and process crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10029?

To fix CVE-2016-10029, upgrade QEMU to a version later than 2.6.2 that includes the necessary patches.

Who is affected by CVE-2016-10029?

Local guest OS users of QEMU versions up to 2.6.2 built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support are affected by CVE-2016-10029.

What type of attack does CVE-2016-10029 allow?

CVE-2016-10029 allows an attacker to execute a denial of service attack against the QEMU instance by causing a process crash.

What is the impact of CVE-2016-10029?

The impact of CVE-2016-10029 is the potential for a local user to crash the guest operating system by sending a malformed scanout command.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-10029

medium

5.5

CWE

125

27/2/2017

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-10029

First published: Mon Feb 27 2017(Updated: )

The virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and process crash) via a scanout id in a VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT command larger than num_scanouts.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
QEMU KVM	<=2.6.2

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/20/2

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/22/15

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10029?
CVE-2016-10029 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service due to out-of-bounds reads and process crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10029?
To fix CVE-2016-10029, upgrade QEMU to a version later than 2.6.2 that includes the necessary patches.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-10029?
Local guest OS users of QEMU versions up to 2.6.2 built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support are affected by CVE-2016-10029.
What type of attack does CVE-2016-10029 allow?
CVE-2016-10029 allows an attacker to execute a denial of service attack against the QEMU instance by causing a process crash.
What is the impact of CVE-2016-10029?
The impact of CVE-2016-10029 is the potential for a local user to crash the guest operating system by sending a malformed scanout command.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10029?
CVE-2016-10029 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service due to out-of-bounds reads and process crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10029?
To fix CVE-2016-10029, upgrade QEMU to a version later than 2.6.2 that includes the necessary patches.
Who is affected by CVE-2016-10029?
Local guest OS users of QEMU versions up to 2.6.2 built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support are affected by CVE-2016-10029.
What type of attack does CVE-2016-10029 allow?
CVE-2016-10029 allows an attacker to execute a denial of service attack against the QEMU instance by causing a process crash.
What is the impact of CVE-2016-10029?
The impact of CVE-2016-10029 is the potential for a local user to crash the guest operating system by sending a malformed scanout command.