Dark Portal: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in QEMU's VGA Module

Dark Portal: Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in QEMU's VGA Module

CVE-2016-3710 · HIGH Severity

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

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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