CVE-2016-10028 Denial of service in n/a
Local guest users can crash the QEMU process via an out-of-bounds read in the Virtio GPU emulator when handling specific capability requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10028?
CVE-2016-10028 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 27 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The virgl_cmd_get_capset function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c 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 VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET command with a maximum capabilities size with a value of 0.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10028?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10028?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10028 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10028 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qemu Qemu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10028, GHSA-gx43-92cv-f7jq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10028.