CVE-2016-6834

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

Equal to or higher than the score of 35.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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

2016-12-10 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-17

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5499c9ae60b39a6a9d9fdea2eb07fdfe964f586d446e416bcd6828e187bcbb17

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• www.securityfocus.com92446http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92446vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201609-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160817 Re: CVE request Qemu: an infinite loop during packet fragmentationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160809 [PULL 1/3] net: check fragment length during fragmentationhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01601.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160812 CVE request Qemu: an infinite loop during packet fragmentationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/8mailing-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