CVE-2016-2857 describes an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in the net_checksum_calculate function of QEMU, affecting products from Canonical, Debian, QEMU, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows a local guest OS user to trigger a denial of service (crash) by crafting a malicious packet, indicating a low attack complexity but high impact on availability and confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, the CVE has received no community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low level of public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.