CVE-2016-10029
Qemu: display: virtio-gpu: out of bounds read in virtio_gpu_set_scanout
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · May 19, 2016
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
The virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and process crash) via a scanout id in a VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT command larger than num_scanouts.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.4CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 3.8AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read