CVE-2016-7161

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

6.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2016-10-05 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2ed6d287f2d346649950b7bab3f4c1f89ac3ca545782e3358e4ef486c9956f9d

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160923 CVE request Qemu: hw: net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlitehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160923 Re: CVE request Qemu: hw: net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlitehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160809 [PULL 3/3] hw/net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlitehttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01877.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3237http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160809 [PATCH] hw/net: Fix a heap overflow in xlnx.xps-ethernetlitehttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg01598.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com93141http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93141vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a0d1cbdacff5df4ded16b753b38fdd9da6092968x_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