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CVE-2016-9922 (GCVE-0-2016-9922)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
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Summary
The cirrus_do_copy function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when cirrus graphics mode is VGA, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving blit pitch values.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-12-05 00:00
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