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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-05-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.465Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3710

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-05-11T21:59:01.077

Modified: 2021-08-04T17:15:17.903

Link: CVE-2016-3710

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3710 - Bugzilla