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CVE-2016-9922

Published: 27 March 2017

The cirrus_do_copy function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when cirrus graphics mode is VGA, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving blit pitch values.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hirsute Does not exist

artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needed

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
disco Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
focal Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33)
upstream Needed

xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11)
yakkety
Released (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.4)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H