{"cve":"CVE-2016-2538","nvd":{"published":"2016-06-16T18:59:06.093","modified":"2026-06-17T00:44:14.983","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe3c546c5ff2a6210f9a4d8561cc64051ca8603e","http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/3","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83336","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1"],"products":["qemu:qemu"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-2538","score":0.00422,"percentile":0.3658,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}