Security Advisory
CVE-2016-4020
6.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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).
Published Date
May 25, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory