{"cve":"CVE-2016-2858","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-07T19:59:03.483","modified":"2026-06-17T00:44:36.423","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-331"],"references":["http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=60253ed1e6ec6d8e5ef2efe7bf755f475dce9956","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/07/4","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84134","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","qemu:qemu"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:48.328043465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-2858","score":0.0041,"percentile":0.3524,"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."]}