CVE-2016-9921
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CVE-2016-9921 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | <= 2.7.1 | — |
| Qemu | Qemu | 2.8.0 | Rc0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | — |
| Redhat | Openstack | 6.0 | — |
| Redhat | Openstack | 7.0 | — |
| Redhat | Openstack | 8 | — |
| Redhat | Openstack | 9 | — |
| Redhat | Openstack | 10 | — |
| Redhat | Openstack | 11 | — |
| Redhat | Virtualization | 4.0 | — |
References
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49Third Party Advisory
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-49Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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