CVE-2016-3712

moderate-risk
Published 2016-05-11

Integer overflow in the VGA module in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by editing VGA registers in VBE mode.

Do I need to act?

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0.14% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Citrix Qemu Canonical Oracle Debian Redhat

References (22)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2585.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0621.html
Third Party Advisory http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX212736
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3573
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/4
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htm...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90314
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035794
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
Third Party Advisory http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-179.html
Mailing List https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg01196.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2585.html
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0621.html
Third Party Advisory http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX212736
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3573
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/4
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htm...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90314
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035794
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
and 2 more references
42
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 23/34 · High