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CVE-2016-1714 (GCVE-0-2016-1714)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-07 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02

Summary

The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.

Severity

8.1 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 996 records in the last 180 days details

References

19 references

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Date Public

2016-01-06 00:00

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          {
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            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01"
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        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-119"
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      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "Qemu: nvram: OOB r/w access in processing firmware configurations",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-1714.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}

SUSE-SU-2016:1703-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-06-29 05:47 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:14

Summary

Security update for qemu

Severity

Important

Scope

32 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-1714.

CVE-2016-1714

8.1 (High)


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

Recommended: 84 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:1745-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-07-06 05:46 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:14

Summary

Security update for xen

Severity

Important

Scope

35 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-1714.

CVE-2016-1714

8.1 (High)


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

Recommended: 48 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:1785-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-07-11 11:31 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:15

Summary

Security update for kvm

Severity

Important

Scope

33 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-1714.

CVE-2016-1714

8.1 (High)


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

Recommended: 6 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1714 (CVE-2016-1714)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:43 – Source website

Details

Severity

8.1 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1714	REPORT
	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2891-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1714	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu",
            "binary_version": "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22"
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qemu-guest-agent",
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        "1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3",
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        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11",
        "2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.13",
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}

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