5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-9922
QEMU Cirrus Graphics Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 27, 2017, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:02 a.m.

Source :

secalert@redhat.com

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9922 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Qemu qemu
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9922 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/1
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94803
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334398
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
    Added Reference https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-12/msg00442.html
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2016-9921 CVE-2016-9922 Qemu: display: cirrus_vga: a divide by zero in cirrus_do_copy 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.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9922 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. CVE-2016-9921 CVE-2016-9922 Qemu: display: cirrus_vga: a divide by zero in cirrus_do_copy
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Removed Reference http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70 [Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9922 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Nov. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Sep. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by secalert@redhat.com

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Mar. 31, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70 No Types Assigned http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=4299b90e9ba9ce5ca9024572804ba751aa1a7e70 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/09/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334398 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334398 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-12/msg00442.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-12/msg00442.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94803 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94803 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-369
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9922 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-9922 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} -0.02%

score

0.18462

percentile

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