CVE-2016-1714
N/A
Published: April 7, 2016 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsQEMULinuxOpenStack
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
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.
Remediation
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References (19)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0081.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0082.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0083.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0084.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0085.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0086.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0087.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0088.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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