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CVE-2016-2538

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.41%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-06-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2016-2538
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.41%

Original NVD Description

Multiple integer overflows in the USB Net device emulator (hw/usb/dev-network.c) in QEMU before 2.5.1 allow local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (QEMU process crash) or obtain sensitive host memory information via a remote NDIS control message packet that is mishandled in the (1) rndis_query_response, (2) rndis_set_response, or (3) usb_net_handle_dataout function.