ubuntu-cve-2016-4454
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-06-01 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4454",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:44Z",
  "published": "2016-06-01T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4454"
    },
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      "url": "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg05271.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3047-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4454"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3047-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-4454"
  ]
}



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