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CVE-2016-2858
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-07T19:59:03.483 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:36.423

Summary

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.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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