CVE-2016-1714

mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.061 · 93 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
6.08% (93rd) EPSS
CVSS 6.9 · medium
Is it mine?
5 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.

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cvss

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8.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–8.1

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10
v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.4 · impact 6
v3.07.4highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (5)

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also known as (3)

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published 2016-04-07modified 2026-06-17
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