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cve[email protected]CVE-2016-2858
HistoryApr 07, 2016 - 7:59 p.m.

CVE-2016-2858

2016-04-0719:59:03
CWE-331
web.nvd.nist.gov
51
qemu
prng
cve-2016-2858
denial of service
entropy request

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%

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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
qemuqemuRange2.5.1.1
Node
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04esm
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04esm
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch15.10
OR
canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch16.04lts
Node
debiandebian_linuxMatch8.0
CPENameOperatorVersion
qemu:qemuqemule2.5.1.1

1.9 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%