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CVE-2016-7170

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7170 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the vmsvga_fifo_run function of QEMU, affecting various distributions including Debian and openSUSE. This flaw allows a local guest OS administrator to trigger a denial of service and crash the QEMU process by manipulating cursor array sizes during a DEFINE_CURSOR svga command. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L) to achieve a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,720 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 Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7170Moderate

Qemu: vmware_vga: OOB stack memory access when processing svga command

Sep 8, 2016

References

git.qemu.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01764.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92904
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry