CVE-2016-2858
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.12%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-2858
To remediate CVE-2016-2858, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/qemu—upgrade to 1:2.6+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-2858 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:2.6+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |