CVE-2016-9603
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.044 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in QEMU's Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA emulator's VNC display driver support before 2.9; the issue could occur when a VNC client attempted to update its display after a VGA operation is performed by a guest. A privileged user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the host with privileges of the QEMU process.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.5–9.9
weaknesses
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affected products (25)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (55)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038023cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0980cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0981cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0982cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0983cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0984cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0985cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0987cnnvd
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