CVE-2016-4020

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4020
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4020.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4020
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-05-25T15:59:04.927Z
Modified
2026-03-15T14:52:24.509555Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The patch_instruction function in hw/i386/kvmvapic.c in QEMU does not initialize the imm32 variable, which allows local guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory by accessing the Task Priority Register (TPR).

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/qemu/qemu

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/qemu/qemu
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
529d45e151d82a772cd9b9af64bb25f88fba6567
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
c1eb2ddf0f8075faddc5f7c3d39feae3e8e9d6b4
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
609d7596524ab204ccd71ef42c9eee4c7c338ea4
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
823a3f11fb8f04c3c3cc0f95f968fef1bfc6534f
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
131b9a05705636086699df15d4a6d328bb2585e8
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.6.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "8.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "6.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.3
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.6
v0.11.0-rc0
v0.12.0-rc0
v0.13.0-rc0
v0.14.0-rc0
v0.15.0-rc0
v0.2.0
v0.3.0
v0.4.0
v0.4.1
v0.4.2
v0.4.3
v0.4.4
v0.5.0
v1.*
v1.0
v1.0-rc0
v1.0-rc1
v1.0-rc2
v1.0-rc3
v1.0-rc4
v1.1-rc0
v1.1-rc1
v1.1-rc2
v1.1.0
v1.1.0-rc2
v1.1.0-rc3
v1.1.0-rc4
v1.2.0
v1.2.0-rc0
v1.2.0-rc1
v1.2.0-rc2
v1.2.0-rc3
v1.3.0
v1.3.0-rc0
v1.3.0-rc1
v1.3.0-rc2
v1.4.0
v1.4.0-rc0
v1.4.0-rc1
v1.4.0-rc2
v1.5.0
v1.5.0-rc0
v1.5.0-rc1
v1.5.0-rc2
v1.5.0-rc3
v1.6.0
v1.6.0-rc0
v1.6.0-rc1
v1.6.0-rc2
v1.6.0-rc3
v1.7.0
v1.7.0-rc0
v1.7.0-rc1
v1.7.0-rc2
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0-rc0
v2.0.0-rc1
v2.0.0-rc2
v2.0.0-rc3
v2.1.0
v2.1.0-rc0
v2.1.0-rc1
v2.1.0-rc2
v2.1.0-rc3
v2.1.0-rc4
v2.1.0-rc5
v2.10.0
v2.10.0-rc0
v2.10.0-rc1
v2.10.0-rc2
v2.10.0-rc3
v2.10.0-rc4
v2.11.0
v2.11.0-rc0
v2.11.0-rc1
v2.11.0-rc2
v2.11.0-rc3
v2.11.0-rc4
v2.11.0-rc5
v2.12.0
v2.12.0-rc0
v2.12.0-rc1
v2.12.0-rc2
v2.12.0-rc3
v2.12.0-rc4
v2.2.0
v2.2.0-rc0
v2.2.0-rc1
v2.2.0-rc2
v2.2.0-rc3
v2.2.0-rc4
v2.2.0-rc5
v2.3.0
v2.3.0-rc0
v2.3.0-rc1
v2.3.0-rc2
v2.3.0-rc3
v2.3.0-rc4
v2.4.0
v2.4.0-rc0
v2.4.0-rc1
v2.4.0-rc2
v2.4.0-rc3
v2.4.0-rc4
v2.5.0
v2.5.0-rc0
v2.5.0-rc1
v2.5.0-rc2
v2.5.0-rc3
v2.5.0-rc4
v2.6.0
v2.6.0-rc0
v2.6.0-rc1
v2.6.0-rc2
v2.6.0-rc3
v2.6.0-rc4
v2.6.0-rc5
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.7.0
v2.7.0-rc0
v2.7.0-rc1
v2.7.0-rc2
v2.7.0-rc3
v2.7.0-rc4
v2.7.0-rc5
v2.8.0
v2.8.0-rc0
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.8.0-rc3
v2.8.0-rc4
v2.9.0
v2.9.0-rc0
v2.9.0-rc1
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.0-rc3
v2.9.0-rc4
v2.9.0-rc5
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.0-rc0
v3.0.0-rc1
v3.0.0-rc2
v3.0.0-rc3
v3.0.0-rc4
v3.1.0
v3.1.0-rc0
v3.1.0-rc1
v3.1.0-rc2
v3.1.0-rc3
v3.1.0-rc4
v3.1.0-rc5
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0-rc0
v4.0.0-rc1
v4.0.0-rc2
v4.0.0-rc3
v4.0.0-rc4
v4.1.0
v4.1.0-rc0
v4.1.0-rc1
v4.1.0-rc2
v4.1.0-rc3
v4.1.0-rc4
v4.1.0-rc5
v4.2.0
v4.2.0-rc0
v4.2.0-rc1
v4.2.0-rc2
v4.2.0-rc3
v4.2.0-rc4
v4.2.0-rc5
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.0.0-rc0
v5.0.0-rc1
v5.0.0-rc2
v5.0.0-rc3
v5.0.0-rc4
v5.1.0
v5.1.0-rc0
v5.1.0-rc1
v5.1.0-rc2
v5.1.0-rc3
v5.2.0
v5.2.0-rc0
v5.2.0-rc1
v5.2.0-rc2
v5.2.0-rc3
v5.2.0-rc4
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.0.0-rc0
v6.0.0-rc1
v6.0.0-rc2
v6.0.0-rc3
v6.0.0-rc4
v6.0.0-rc5
v6.1.0
v6.1.0-rc0
v6.1.0-rc1
v6.1.0-rc2
v6.1.0-rc3
v6.1.0-rc4
v6.2.0
v6.2.0-rc0
v6.2.0-rc1
v6.2.0-rc3
v6.2.0-rc4
v7.*
v7.0.0
v7.0.0-rc0
v7.0.0-rc1
v7.0.0-rc2
v7.0.0-rc3
v7.0.0-rc4
v7.1.0
v7.1.0-rc0
v7.1.0-rc1
v7.1.0-rc2
v7.1.0-rc3
v7.1.0-rc4
v7.2.0
v7.2.0-rc0
v7.2.0-rc1
v7.2.0-rc2
v7.2.0-rc3
v7.2.0-rc4
v8.*
v8.0.0
v8.0.0-rc0
v8.0.0-rc1
v8.0.0-rc2
v8.0.0-rc3
v8.0.0-rc4

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
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        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "12.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "14.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "15.10"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "16.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "8"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "10"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "11"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.4"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.5"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.6"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.7"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.4"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.6"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.7"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.6"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4020.json"