CVE-2016-3710
qemu: incorrect banked access bounds checking in vga module
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 9, 2016
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds read/write access flaw was found in the way QEMU's VGA emulation with VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) support performed read/write operations using I/O port methods. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host with the privileges of the host's QEMU process.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.6CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 6.5AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE not specified