CVE-2016-3710

high HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 78% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 11, 2016 (3655 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

Description

The VGA module in QEMU improperly performs bounds checking on banked access to video memory, which allows local guest OS administrators to execute arbitrary code on the host by changing access modes after setting the bank register, aka the "Dark Portal" issue.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

debian debian linuxhp helion openstackcanonical ubuntu linuxqemu qemuoracle vm serveroracle linuxcitrix xenserverredhat openstackredhat virtualizationredhat enterprise linux desktop

References

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