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.
References (8)
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
31.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-331
Status
published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
15.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
qemu/qemu
< 2.5.1.1
Published
Apr 07, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026