VDB
CVE-2016-2858
CVE-2016-2858
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.12% · 31.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.12%
31.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | qemu | *, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.10, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.11 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | qemu | 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu1, 1:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- Apr 7, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2858 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2974-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2858 third-party-advisory