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CVE-2016-1714

Published: 4/7/2016 Last updated: 8/5/2024 Reserved: 1/12/2016

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.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (2)

conf-qemu-img nbd-tool

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
n/a n/a n/a

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