CVE-2016-7156

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

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 32.9% 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 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastClass
• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c1b0c3f0d22901b1f710b54a6d1c41d41fe412a14e40b69424dea67b6d4cfec4

• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160906 [PATCH v3] scsi: pvscsi: avoid infinite loop while building SG listhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg01246.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160906 CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infintie loop when building SG listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/06/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160906 [PATCH v2] scsi: pvscsi: check request descriptor SG element counthttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg00772.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160906 Re: CVE request: Qemu: scsi: pvscsi: infintie loop when building SG listhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201609-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=49adc5d3f8c6bb75e55ebfeab109c5c37dea65e8x_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
• www.securityfocus.com92774http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92774vdb-entryx_refsource_BID