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CVE-2016-10028

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10028 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in QEMU's Virtio GPU Device emulator, specifically within the virgl_cmd_get_capset function. This flaw allows a local guest OS user to trigger a denial of service by sending a malformed VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET command. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10028Moderate

Qemu: display: virtio-gpu-3d: OOB access while reading virgl capabilities

Dec 11, 2016

References

git.qemu-project.org
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-12/msg01903.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-49
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/20/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/22/14
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94981
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037525
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry