CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9922

Divide By Zero

Published: Mar 27, 2017 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The cirrus_do_copy function in hw/display/cirrus_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when cirrus graphics mode is VGA, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving blit pitch values.

Weakness

The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.7.1 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.8.0-rc0 (including) 2.8.0-rc0 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.8.0-rc1 (including) 2.8.0-rc1 (including)
Qemu Qemu 2.8.0-rc2 (including) 2.8.0-rc2 (including)

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