CVE-2016-6888

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 31.1% 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

2016-08-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

89bb0f864ae7eae999d1f18ea798a5ec06b88210eaba6fc2a0bd6d13e590c5fb

• www.securityfocus.com92556http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92556vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=47882fa4975bf0b58dd74474329fdd7154e8f04cx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160819 CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2392https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201609-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160818 [PULL 1/2] net: vmxnet: use g_new for pkt initialisationhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03176.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160819 Re: CVE Request: Qemu: net: vmxnet: integer overflow in packet initialisationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/10mailing-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
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2408https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT