CVE-2016-4454

MediumCVSS 6.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vmsvga_fifo_read_raw function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive host memory information or cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) by changing FIFO registers and issuing a VGA command, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 1, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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