CVE-2016-7908

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

Ranks above 33.9% 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

2016-10-05 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5e8b6fbc33344f0881172ba3fdd2f0d65ec480e3d8022d30cb9b3a923a4a3c2d

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161003 CVE request Qemu: net: Infinite loop in mcf_fec_do_txhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20160922 [PATCH v2] net: mcf: limit buffer descriptor counthttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg05557.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=070c4b92b8cd5390889716677a0b92444d6e087ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3237http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com93273http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93273vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• 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.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161003 Re: CVE request Qemu: net: Infinite loop in mcf_fec_do_txhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/03/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST