CVE-2016-10029 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's Virtio GPU Device emulator. A local guest OS user can trigger an out-of-bounds read and crash the QEMU process by providing a scanout ID larger than expected in a VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT command. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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