CVE-2016-3710

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.92% (60th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
61 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedlibcacard-devel-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedlibcacard-devel-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedlibcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedlibcacard-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedlibcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedlibcacard-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-img-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-img-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-common-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.src as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.ppc64le as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
  • Fixedqemu-kvm-tools-rhev-10:2.3.0-31.el7_2.13.x86_64 as a component of RHEV-H and VDSM for 7 Hostsredhat_csaf

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0725
02

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6
v2.06.5mediumAV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
v3.07.6highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

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affected products (61)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2016:0725Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update2016-05-09csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update for qemu-kvm-rhev is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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published 2016-05-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (66)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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