Qemu: usb: integer overflow in remote NDIS control message handling
Published Jun 16, 2016
7.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.42%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xen
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-rhev
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00422) | 34.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00406) | 32.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 23.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 25.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 24.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 22.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe3c546c5ff2a6210f9a4d8561cc64051ca8603e x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83336 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2538 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303120 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03658.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2538
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2538
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe3c546c5ff2a6210f9a4d8561cc64051ca8603e | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2016-03/msg00064.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/22/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83336 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2538 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1303120 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03658.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2538 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2538 |
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