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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4454: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4454: QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/19/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu

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