CVE-2016-7170

Qemu: vmware_vga: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 8, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Quick Emulator (QEMU) built with the VMware-SVGA chipset emulation support is vulnerable to an OOB stack memory write issue. It could occur while processing VGA commands in 'vmsvga_fifo_run' routine. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process resulting in DoS.

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 · 3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 3.8
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow