CVE-2016-2538

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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

2016-06-16 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-23

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-189
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e85af5b421a9652faa09fdebf3a54add29167e29d6b3144375b311f91c28c65f

• www.securityfocus.com83336http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83336vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160216 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] usb: check RNDIS buffer offsets & lengthhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03658.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201604-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe3c546c5ff2a6210f9a4d8561cc64051ca8603ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2974-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160222 CVE request Qemu: usb: integer overflow in remote NDIS control message handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303120x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1599-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.nongnu.org[qemu-stable] 20160329 [Qemu-stable] [ANNOUNCE] QEMU 2.5.1 Stable releasedhttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST