CVE-2016-1981

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 36.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-12-29 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-21

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

49e7d5fe6e2e51a3c34baf4e64789bb0019d0014271c993bdc21528dcd661d77

• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160119 [PATCH] e1000: eliminate infinite loops on out-of-bounds transfer starthttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg03454.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201604-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.debian.orgDSA-3469http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.debian.orgDSA-3470http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160119 CVE request Qemu: net: e1000 infinite loop in start_xmit and e1000_receive_iov routineshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298570x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160122 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: e1000 infinite loop in start_xmit and e1000_receive_iov routineshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2585http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2585.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3471http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com81549http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81549vdb-entryx_refsource_BID