CVE-2016-7170: Out-of-bounds Read
First published: Sat Dec 10 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| QEMU KVM | <=2.7.1 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =42.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=167d97a3def77ee2dbf6e908b0ecbfe2103977db
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92904
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01764.html
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/remedy
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/source
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/qemu
- canonical/qemu kvm
- version/qemu kvm/2.7.1
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse leap
- version/opensuse leap/42.2