CVE-2016-3710 Memory corruption in n/a
High 8.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3710 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-3710 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3710 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3710/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3710/index.md)
Local guest administrators can execute arbitrary code on the host via improper bounds checking in QEMU's VGA module.
- 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-2016-3710?
CVE-2016-3710 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The VGA module in QEMU improperly performs bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allows local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the "Dark Portal" issue.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3710?
It affects 15 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-img-rhev Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.5 |
qemu-kvm-rhev Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.5 |
qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.5 |
qemu-kvm-rhev-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.479.el6_7.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.491.el6_8.1 |
libcacard Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
libcacard-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
libcacard-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
libcacard Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
libcacard-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
libcacard-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.4 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Citrix Xenserver, Debian Debian Linux, Hp Helion Openstack, Oracle Linux, Oracle Vm Server and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3710?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-3710 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3710 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3710, GHSA-p6hq-65m2-r4jg, RHSA-2016:0724, RHSA-2016:0725, RHSA-2016:0997, RHSA-2016:0999 and 6 more.