CVE-2016-2858
QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-2858- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-2858- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3931 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3931- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m22w-qpwr-jxrj
6.5
QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local...
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.
- Record
GHSA-m22w-qpwr-jxrj- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-331
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-2858- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2858
6.5
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2858- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2858
6.5
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2858- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0176 No score
Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated qemu packages fix security vulnerabilities:
An out-of-bounds flaw was found in the QEMU emulator built using 'address_space_translate' to map an address to a MemoryRegionSection. The flaw could occur while doing pci_dma_read/write calls, resulting in an out-of-bounds read-write access error. A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the guest instance (denial of service) (CVE-2015-8817, CVE-2015-8818).
A NULL-pointer dereference flaw was found in the QEMU emulator built with TPR optimization for 32-bit Windows guests support. The flaw occurs when doing I/O-port write operations from the HMP interface. The 'current_cpu' value remains null because it is not called from the cpu_exec() loop, and dereferencing it results in the flaw. An attacker with access to the HMP interface could use this flaw to crash the QEMU instance (denial of service) (CVE-2016-1922).
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the e1000 device. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-1981).
Zuozhi Fzz discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled IDE AHCI emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-2197).
Zuozhi Fzz discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB EHCI emulation. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-2198).
Zuozhi Fzz discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB OHCI emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-2391).
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB Net emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-2392).
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB Net emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak host memory bytes (CVE-2016-2538).
Hongke Yang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NE2000 emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-2841).
Ling Liu discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled IP checksum routines. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak host memory bytes (CVE-2016-2857).
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the PRNG back-end support. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-2858).
Wei Xiao and Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled access in the VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile (CVE-2016-3710).
Zuozhi Fzz discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled access in the VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile (CVE-2016-3712).
Oleksandr Bazhaniuk discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Luminary Micro Stellaris ethernet controller emulation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-4001).
Oleksandr Bazhaniuk discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled MIPSnet controller emulation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a…
- Record
MGASA-2016-0176- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1560-1 No score
Security update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix 37 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
- CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
- CVE-2016-4952: Avoid OOB access in Vmware PV SCSI emulation (bsc#981266)
- CVE-2015-8817: Avoid OOB access in PCI DMA I/O (bsc#969121)
- CVE-2015-8818: Avoid OOB access in PCI DMA I/O (bsc#969122)
- CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
- CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
- CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
- CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
- CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
- CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
- CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
- CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
- CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
- CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
- CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
- CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface (bsc#928393)
- CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle functions (bsc#901508)
- CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution (bsc#895528).
- CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
- CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
- CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
- CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
- CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
- CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
- CVE-2015-8567: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak host memory (bsc#959386).
- CVE-2015-8568: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak host memory (bsc#959386).
- CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
- CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
- CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
- CVE-2015-8744: Incorrect l2 header validation could have lead to a crash via assert(2) call (bsc#960835).
- CVE-2015-8745: Reading IMR registers could have lead to a crash via assert(2) call (bsc#960708).
- CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
- CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
- CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
- CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
- CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).
This non-security issue was fixed
- bsc#886378: qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescue
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1560-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1698-1 No score
Security update for kvm
kvm was updated to fix 33 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
- CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
- CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
- CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
- CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
- CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
- CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
- CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
- CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
- CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
- CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
- CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
- CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
- CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface (bsc#928393)
- CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle functions (bsc#901508)
- CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution (bsc#895528).
- CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
- CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
- CVE-2015-5279: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets (bsc#945987).
- CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
- CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c in QEMU did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash (bsc#945404).
- CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
- CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
- CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
- CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
- CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
- CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
- CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
- CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
- CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
- CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
- CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
- CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).
This non-security issue was fixed:
- Fix case of IDE interface needing busy status set before flush (bsc#936132)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1698-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1703-1 No score
Security update for qemu
qemu was updated to fix 29 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
- CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
- CVE-2016-4952: Avoid OOB access in Vmware PV SCSI emulation (bsc#981266)
- CVE-2015-8817: Avoid OOB access in PCI dma I/O (bsc#969121)
- CVE-2015-8818: Avoid OOB access in PCI dma I/O (bsc#969122)
- CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
- CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
- CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
- CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
- CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
- CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
- CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
- CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
- CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
- CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
- CVE-2016-2197: Prevent AHCI NULL pointer dereference when using FIS CLB engine (bsc#964411)
- CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
- CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
- CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
- CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
- CVE-2015-8567: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak host memory (bsc#959386).
- CVE-2015-8568: A guest repeatedly activating a vmxnet3 device can leak host memory (bsc#959386).
- CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
- CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
- CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
- CVE-2015-8744: Incorrect l2 header validation could have lead to a crash via assert(2) call (bsc#960835).
- CVE-2015-8745: Reading IMR registers could have lead to a crash via assert(2) call (bsc#960708).
- CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
- CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
- CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
- CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
- CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).
This non-security issue was fixed
- bsc#886378: qemu truncates vhd images in virt-rescue
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1703-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1785-1 No score
Security update for kvm
kvm was updated to fix 33 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2016-4439: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980711)
- CVE-2016-4441: Avoid OOB access in 53C9X emulation (bsc#980723)
- CVE-2016-3710: Fixed VGA emulation based OOB access with potential for guest escape (bsc#978158)
- CVE-2016-3712: Fixed VGa emulation based DOS and OOB read access exploit (bsc#978160)
- CVE-2016-4037: Fixed USB ehci based DOS (bsc#976109)
- CVE-2016-2538: Fixed potential OOB access in USB net device emulation (bsc#967969)
- CVE-2016-2841: Fixed OOB access / hang in ne2000 emulation (bsc#969350)
- CVE-2016-2858: Avoid potential DOS when using QEMU pseudo random number generator (bsc#970036)
- CVE-2016-2857: Fixed OOB access when processing IP checksums (bsc#970037)
- CVE-2016-4001: Fixed OOB access in Stellaris enet emulated nic (bsc#975128)
- CVE-2016-4002: Fixed OOB access in MIPSnet emulated controller (bsc#975136)
- CVE-2016-4020: Fixed possible host data leakage to guest from TPR access (bsc#975700)
- CVE-2015-3214: Fixed OOB read in i8254 PIC (bsc#934069)
- CVE-2014-9718: Fixed the handling of malformed or short ide PRDTs to avoid any opportunity for guest to cause DoS by abusing that interface (bsc#928393)
- CVE-2014-3689: Fixed insufficient parameter validation in rectangle functions (bsc#901508)
- CVE-2014-3615: The VGA emulator in QEMU allowed local guest users to read host memory by setting the display to a high resolution (bsc#895528).
- CVE-2015-5239: Integer overflow in vnc_client_read() and protocol_client_msg() (bsc#944463).
- CVE-2015-5278: Infinite loop in ne2000_receive() function (bsc#945989).
- CVE-2015-5279: Heap-based buffer overflow in the ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets (bsc#945987).
- CVE-2015-5745: Buffer overflow in virtio-serial (bsc#940929).
- CVE-2015-6855: hw/ide/core.c in QEMU did not properly restrict the commands accepted by an ATAPI device, which allowed guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IDE commands, as demonstrated by a WIN_READ_NATIVE_MAX command to an empty drive, which triggers a divide-by-zero error and instance crash (bsc#945404).
- CVE-2015-7295: hw/virtio/virtio.c in the Virtual Network Device (virtio-net) support in QEMU, when big or mergeable receive buffers are not supported, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest network consumption) via a flood of jumbo frames on the (1) tuntap or (2) macvtap interface (bsc#947159).
- CVE-2015-7549: PCI null pointer dereferences (bsc#958917).
- CVE-2015-8504: VNC floating point exception (bsc#958491).
- CVE-2015-8558: Infinite loop in ehci_advance_state resulting in DoS (bsc#959005).
- CVE-2015-8613: Wrong sized memset in megasas command handler (bsc#961358).
- CVE-2015-8619: Potential DoS for long HMP sendkey command argument (bsc#960334).
- CVE-2015-8743: OOB memory access in ne2000 ioport r/w functions (bsc#960725).
- CVE-2016-1568: AHCI use-after-free in aio port commands (bsc#961332).
- CVE-2016-1714: Potential OOB memory access in processing firmware configuration (bsc#961691).
- CVE-2016-1922: NULL pointer dereference when processing hmp i/o command (bsc#962320).
- CVE-2016-1981: Potential DoS (infinite loop) in e1000 device emulation by malicious privileged user within guest (bsc#963782).
- CVE-2016-2198: Malicious privileged guest user were able to cause DoS by writing to read-only EHCI capabilities registers (bsc#964413).
This non-security issue was fixed:
- Fix case of IDE interface needing busy status set before flush (bsc#936132)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1785-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2974-1 No score
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
Zuozhi Fzz discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB OHCI emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2391)
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB Net emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2392)
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB Net emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak host memory bytes. (CVE-2016-2538)
Hongke Yang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled NE2000 emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-2841)
Ling Liu discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled IP checksum routines. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak host memory bytes. (CVE-2016-2857)
It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the PRNG back-end support. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2858)
Wei Xiao and Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled access in the VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-3710)
Zuozhi Fzz discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled access in the VGA module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host. In the default installation, when QEMU is used with libvirt, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt AppArmor profile. (CVE-2016-3712)
Oleksandr Bazhaniuk discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled Luminary Micro Stellaris ethernet controller emulation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4001)
Oleksandr Bazhaniuk discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled MIPSnet controller emulation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4002)
Donghai Zdh discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Task Priority Register(TPR). A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to possibly leak host memory bytes. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4020)
Du Shaobo discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled USB EHCI emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4037)
- Record
USN-2974-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuDebian:12 |
before 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
qemuDebian:13 |
before 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
qemuDebian:14 |
before 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
qemuDebian:8 From an advisory covering 47 CVEs |
before 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8, plus listed versions 1:2.1+dfsg-111:2.1+dfsg-121:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u21:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u3 Show 8 moreShow less1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u41:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u4~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u51:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u5a~bpo70+11:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u61:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u71:2.1+dfsg-12~bpo70+1 |
1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u8 |
qemuMageia:5 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 2.4.1-5.mga5 | 2.4.1-5.mga5 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 From an advisory covering 37 CVEs |
before 2.0.2-48.19.1 | 2.0.2-48.19.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 From an advisory covering 37 CVEs |
before 2.0.2-48.19.1 | 2.0.2-48.19.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 From an advisory covering 37 CVEs |
before 2.0.2-48.19.1 | 2.0.2-48.19.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 33 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-46.1 | 1.4.2-46.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA From an advisory covering 33 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-46.1 | 1.4.2-46.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 32 CVEs |
before 2.3.1-14.1 | 2.3.1-14.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 32 CVEs |
before 2.3.1-14.1 | 2.3.1-14.1 |
qemuSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 32 CVEs |
before 2.3.1-14.1 | 2.3.1-14.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 33 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-44.1 | 1.4.2-44.1 |
kvmSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 33 CVEs |
before 1.4.2-44.1 | 1.4.2-44.1 |
qemuUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24, plus listed versions 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3 Show 42 moreShow less1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.182.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.192.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.202.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.212.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22 |
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24 |
qemuUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1, plus listed versions 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu91:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu11:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu21:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3 Show 11 moreShow less1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10 |
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1 |
qemuUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 12 CVEs |
before 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24, plus listed versions 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu3 Show 42 moreShow less1.6.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu71.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu81.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu91.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1~ppa11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu11.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu21.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu31.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu41.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu51.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu61.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu72.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc1+dfsg-0ubuntu3.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.12.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.32.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.52.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.62.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.72.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.82.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.92.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.102.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.112.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.132.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.142.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.152.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.162.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.172.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.182.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.192.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.202.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.212.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22 |
2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24 |
qemuUbuntu:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 12 CVEs |
before 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1, plus listed versions 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu91:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu101:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu11:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu21:2.4+dfsg-4ubuntu3 Show 11 moreShow less1:2.4+dfsg-5ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu31:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-1ubuntu51:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu11:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu21:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu41:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu61:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu71:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10 |
1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-2858 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Qemu, published April 7, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-1.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/4
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314676
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
securityfocus.com/bid/84134
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
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openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2858
git.qemu.org?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m22w-qpwr-jxrj
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2858
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0176.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17534
wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.2
wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.3
wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.4
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283934
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2891-1
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2974-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161560-1
bugzilla.suse.com/886378
bugzilla.suse.com/895528
bugzilla.suse.com/901508
bugzilla.suse.com/928393
bugzilla.suse.com/934069
bugzilla.suse.com/940929
bugzilla.suse.com/944463
bugzilla.suse.com/947159
bugzilla.suse.com/958491
bugzilla.suse.com/958917
bugzilla.suse.com/959005
bugzilla.suse.com/959386
bugzilla.suse.com/960334
bugzilla.suse.com/960708
bugzilla.suse.com/960725
bugzilla.suse.com/960835
bugzilla.suse.com/961332
bugzilla.suse.com/961333
bugzilla.suse.com/961358
bugzilla.suse.com/961556
bugzilla.suse.com/961691
bugzilla.suse.com/962320
bugzilla.suse.com/963782
bugzilla.suse.com/964413
bugzilla.suse.com/967969
bugzilla.suse.com/969121
bugzilla.suse.com/969122
bugzilla.suse.com/969350
bugzilla.suse.com/970036
bugzilla.suse.com/970037
bugzilla.suse.com/975128
bugzilla.suse.com/975136
bugzilla.suse.com/975700
bugzilla.suse.com/976109
bugzilla.suse.com/978158
bugzilla.suse.com/978160
bugzilla.suse.com/980711
bugzilla.suse.com/980723
bugzilla.suse.com/981266
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3615
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3689
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9718
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3214
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5239
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5745
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7295
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7549
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8504
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8558
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8567
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8568
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8613
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8619
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8743
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8744
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8745
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8817
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8818
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1568
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1714
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1922
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1981
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2198
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2538
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2841
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2857
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2858
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3710
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3712
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4001
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4002
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4020
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4037
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4439
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4441
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4952
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161698-1
bugzilla.suse.com/936132
bugzilla.suse.com/945404
bugzilla.suse.com/945987
bugzilla.suse.com/945989
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5278
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5279
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6855
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161703-1
bugzilla.suse.com/964411
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2197
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161785-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2858
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2974-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2858
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2391
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2392
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2538
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2841
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2857
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3710
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3712
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4001
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4002
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4020
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4037
Left out here: the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.