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CVE-2016-1714 PUBLISHED

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 0.34% · 56.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.34%
56.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSqemu0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

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