CVE-2016-9921

Description

From CVE.org

Quick emulator (Qemu) built with the Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support is vulnerable to a divide by zero issue. It could occur while copying VGA data when cirrus graphics mode was set to be VGA. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process instance on the host, resulting in DoS.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score36.5N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityHighLowN/A
Privileges RequiredLowLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeChangedChangedN/A
ConfidentialityNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactLowHighN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-369

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

A Divide by Zero results in a crash.

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Jiangxin (Huawei Inc.), Li Qiang (Qihoo 360), and Qinghao Tang (Qihoo 360) for reporting this issue.

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