The virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support allows local guest OS users…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=acfc4846508a02cc4c83aa27799fd7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20161220 CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: out of bounds read in virtio_gpu_set_scanout (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 1037526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 94978 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2fe760554eb3769d70f608a158474f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20161222 Re: CVE request Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: out of bounds read in virtio_gpu_set_scanout (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 03:07 UTC.