CVE-2016-1714

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-01-05
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions inhw/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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2016-0082	2016-01-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2016-0083	2016-01-28