UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1714

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1714

    Published: 12 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1714
    Aliases:
    USN-2891-1

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1714, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg00428.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2891-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1714

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    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