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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2016-3077 json

The VersionMapper.fromKernelVersionString method in oVirt Engine allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (process cr…

published 2017-06-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4146

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • rhevm rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-lib rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-setup rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-tools rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-backend rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-restapi rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-dbscripts rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6
  • rhevm-setup-base rhev manager 3 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6

red hat advisories RHBA-2016:0583

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3077 updated cvss 2.7

ovirt-engine: Crash of API when parsing unxepected version number

  • Red Hat RHEV-M 3.6 rhevm 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6, rhevm-lib 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6, rhevm-setup 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6, rhevm-tools 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6, rhevm-backend 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6, rhevm-restapi 3.6.4.1-0.1.el6, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2016:0583

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Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.