CVE-2016-10029

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-10029 · Published 27/02/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-10029 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting qemu (qemu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
qemu qemu	`≤ 2.6.2`	No fix yet

Description

The virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and process crash) via a scanout id in a VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT command larger than num_scanouts.

References

git.qemu-project.org
git.qemu-project.org
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/20/2 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/22/15 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/94978 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1037526 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

qemu

≤ 2.6.2

No fix yet

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