What is CVE-2016-3077?

CVE-2016-3077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Ovirt-engine, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-3077?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Redhat Ovirt-engine

CVE-2016-3077

The VersionMapper.fromKernelVersionString method in oVirt Engine allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (process crash) for all VMs.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Redhat Ovirt-engine
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3077?: CVE-2016-3077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Ovirt-engine, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-3077?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.