UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10029

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10029

    Published: 27 Feb 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10029
    Aliases:
    USN-3261-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10029, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/20/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3261-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10029

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11

    Affected versions

    1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9

    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