VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2858

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an entropy request, which triggers arbitrary stack based allocation and memory corruption.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy

Primary references