UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2858

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2858

    Published: 7 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2858
    Aliases:
    USN-2974-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2858, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/04/1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2974-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2858

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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