CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3710

8.8 HIGH Published 2016-05-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-05-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The VGA module in QEMU improperly performs bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allows local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the "Dark Portal" issue.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 8.0 • hp helion openstack 2.0.0 • hp helion openstack 2.1.0 • hp helion openstack 2.1.2 • hp helion openstack 2.1.4 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • qemu qemu (<= 2.5.1) • qemu qemu 2.6.0 • oracle vm server 3.2 • oracle vm server 3.3 • oracle vm server 3.4 • oracle linux 5 • oracle linux 6 • oracle linux 7 • citrix xenserver (<= 7.0) • redhat openstack 5.0 • redhat openstack 6.0 • redhat openstack 7.0 • redhat openstack 8 • redhat virtualization 3.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.2 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6 • redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References