CVE-2016-2841

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

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 32.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2016-06-16 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7bce4ad53d82bd5ef03d4fe5c122c3df33aca3abac8c0d4034721d71a83dd35a

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160302 CVE request Qemu: net: ne2000: infinite loop in ne2000_receivehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=415ab35a441eca767d033a2702223e785b9d5190x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303106x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com84028http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84028vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201609-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160226 Re: [PATCH v2] net: ne2000: check ring buffer control registershttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg06126.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2974-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• 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