| Name | CVE-2016-3712 |
| Description | Integer overflow in the VGA module in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by editing VGA registers in VBE mode. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-539-1, DLA-540-1, DLA-571-1, DSA-3573-1 |
| NVD severity | low |
| Debian Bugs | 823830 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| qemu (PTS) | stretch | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:2.8+dfsg-6+deb9u14 | fixed |
| buster, buster (security) | 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 1:5.2+dfsg-11 | fixed |
| xen (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch | 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster | 4.11.4+99-g8bce4698f6-1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.11.4+107-gef32c7afa2-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.14.1+11-gb0b734a8b3-1 | fixed |
| sid | 4.14.2+25-gb6a8c4f72d-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - xen <no-dsa> (default configuration not vulnerable)
Xen switched to qemu-system in 4.4.0-1
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-179.html
mitigation: run HVM in stubdomains, PV, default video card not vulnerable, i386-only