VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-9922
The cirrus_do_copy function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when cirrus graphics mode is VGA, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The cirrus_do_copy function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when cirrus graphics mode is VGA, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving blit pitch values.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-369
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94803Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334398Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-12/msg00442.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94803Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334398Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-12/msg00442.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.