CVE-2016-10029: qemu Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10029 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 27-02-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The virtio_gpu_set_scanout function in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with Virtio GPU Device emulator support allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and process crash) via a scanout id in a VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_SET_SCANOUT command larger than num_scanouts.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
36%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.41% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 1:2.7+dfsg-1
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 2.6.2
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11
3 vendors · 3 products
References
10 links- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/20/2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/22/15Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
