CVE-2016-3712
An integer overflow flaw and an out-of-bounds read flaw were found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator set certain VGA registers while in VBE mode. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance.
Find out more about CVE-2016-3712 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2016:2585 | 2016-11-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2017:0621 | 2017-03-21 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Will not fix |