What is CVE-2016-3712?

CVE-2016-3712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3712?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Citrix Xenserver

CVE-2016-3712

Integer overflow in the VGA module in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and QEMU process crash) by editing VGA registers in VBE mode.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Citrix Xenserver
Oracle Vm_server — versions 3.3, 3.4
Qemu — versions 2.6.0
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0, 7.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_tus — versions 7.3, 7.6, 7.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3712?: CVE-2016-3712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3712?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.