DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4454

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4454

    Published: 1 Jun 2016Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4454

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4454

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/qemu?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.6+dfsg-3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High