CVE-2016-3712
qemu-kvm: Out-of-bounds read when creating weird vga screen surface
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 9, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
An integer overflow flaw and an out-of-bounds read flaw were found in the way QEMU's VGA emulator set certain VGA registers while in VBE mode. A privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 3.8AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read