CVE-2016-2857

HIGH

8.4

CVSS Score

Published: April 8, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC

12 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity

HIGH8.4

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

Description

The net_checksum_calculate function in net/checksum.c in QEMU allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via the payload length in a crafted packet.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

12.04 14.04 15.10 16.04

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

8.0

QEMU · Qemu

95%

v ≤ 2.5.1.1

Enterprise Linux Desktop · Red Hatrubygems

95%

6.0 7.0

Enterprise Linux Eus · Red Hatrpm

95%

7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7

Enterprise Linux Server · Red Hatrubygems

95%

6.0 7.0

Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Red Hatrubygems

95%

7.3 7.4 7.6 7.7

Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Red Hatrubygems

95%

7.3 7.6 7.7

Enterprise Linux Workstation · Red Hatrubygems

95%

6.0 7.0

OpenStack · Red Hatdrupal

95%

5.0 6.0 7.0 8 9

redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)

Remediation

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