CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2016-1714
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.1
EPSS
6.08%
Original NVD Description
The (1) fw_cfg_write and (2) fw_cfg_read functions in hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c in QEMU before 2.4, when built with the Firmware Configuration device emulation support, allow guest OS users with the CAP_SYS_RAWIO privilege to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid current entry value in a firmware configuration.