DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2858

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-2858
Downstream
DLA-1599-1
Published: 07 Apr 2016, 19:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Apr 2016, 19:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•qemu

    < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | < 1:2.6+dfsg-1

References (1)