CVE-2016-9603

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9603
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:37:00 UTC
DescriptionA heap buffer overflow flaw was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator's VNC display driver support before 2.9; the issue could occur when a VNC client attempted to update its display after a VGA operation is performed by a guest. A privileged user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.0.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.2.0 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.5 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.0.2 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.2.0 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 6.5 sp1 All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.0 All All All
Application Citrix Xenserver 7.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Citrix XenServer Security Update for CVE-2016-9603 CONFIRM support.citrix.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1430056 – (CVE-2016-9603) CVE-2016-9603 Qemu: cirrus: heap buffer overflow via vnc connection CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Xen Qemu Cirrus VGA Heap Overflow Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU CVE-2016-9603 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1270-1] xen security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378194 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for qemu-guest-agent (VZLSA-2017:1206)
  • 378234 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm (VZLSA-2017:0987)
  • 500814 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 504557 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 510417 Alpine Linux Security Update for xen
  • 710528 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-03)
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