CVE-2016-4453
Published: 01 June 2016
The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via a VGA command.
Priority
Negligible
CVSS 3 base score: 4.4
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.3)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.26)
|
|
|
Patches: Upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4e68a0ee17dad7b8d870df0081d4ab2e079016c2 |
||
|
qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | Marking as negligible because a privileged user inside the guest could shut down the guest OS. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4453
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05270.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3047-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian