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CVE-2016-3712

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3712 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the VGA module of QEMU, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. This flaw allows a local guest OS user to trigger a denial of service by manipulating VGA registers in VBE mode, leading to an out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash. Rated 5.5 Medium, the attack requires local access and has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
<= 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 93rd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.503.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3712Moderate

qemu-kvm: Out-of-bounds read when creating weird vga screen surface

May 9, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2585.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0621.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-05/msg01196.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
support.citrix.com / article/CTX212736
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3573
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/90314
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035794
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2974-1
Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-179.html
Third Party Advisory