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CVE-2016-7170
medium
Description
The vmsvga_fifo_run function in hw/display/vmware_vga.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to cursor.mask[] and cursor.image[] array sizes when processing a DEFINE_CURSOR svga command.
References
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01764.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92904
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/09/4
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html