CVE-2016-10029 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, requiring the Virtio GPU device to be enabled.
- 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-2016-10029?
CVE-2016-10029 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10029?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10029?
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-2016-10029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qemu Qemu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10029, GHSA-cj98-mx5x-vqvg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10029.