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CVE-2016-3712
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.51%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (3 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-179.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0621 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX212736 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Qemu-devel] 20160509 [PULL 5/5] vga: make sure vga register setup for vbe stays intact (CVE-2016-3712). (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160509 CVE-2016-3712 Qemu: vga: out-of-bounds read and integer overflow issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1035794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-2974-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3573 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 90314 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
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