CVE-2016-10028

Publication date 27 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The virgl_cmd_get_capset function in hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c 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 VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET command with a maximum capabilities size with a value of 0.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
qemu	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.4
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.11
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
qemu-kvm	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
qemu	Upstream: http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=abd7f08b2353f43274b785db8c7224f082ef4d31

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3268-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
25 April 2017

USN-3261-1
QEMU vulnerabilities
20 April 2017