CVE-2016-1714
Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurations
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · January 5, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds read/write flaw was discovered in the way QEMU's Firmware Configuration device emulation processed certain firmware configurations. A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.9AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read