CVE-2016-2858

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 32.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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: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

2016-04-07 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:40Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-06

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-331Insufficient EntropyBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

567641ac19313b89481b639fea77fe336d78fb76f2da36aa73ac1c76696e7309

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160306 Re: CVE request Qemu: rng-random: arbitrary stack based allocation leading to corruptionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314676x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201604-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com84134http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84134vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2974-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160304 CVE request Qemu: rng-random: arbitrary stack based allocation leading to corruptionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• 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