ubuntu · CVE-2016-3710

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 21:59:56 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-3710 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (qemu, qemu-kvm, xen), 15 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial): released 6, DNE 4, needs-triage 3, not-affected 2.

Description:

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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