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CVE-2016-2858

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-2858
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD Description

QEMU, when built with the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) back-end support, allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (process crash) via an entropy request, which triggers arbitrary stack based allocation and memory corruption.