VDB
CVE-2016-1714
CVE-2016-1714
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.100000381469727 HIGH
The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.
EPSS 6.08% · 93.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
6.08%
93.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | qemu | 0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6 |
Timeline
- Jan 12, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
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- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1714 third-party-advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00428.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2891-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1714 third-party-advisory