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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-04-07T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:12.885Z

Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1714

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-07T19:59:02.480

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:17:16.980

Link: CVE-2016-1714

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1714 - Bugzilla