CVE-2016-4037 (GCVE-0-2016-4037)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-23 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.
Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
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| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86283 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/201… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2016-04-18 00:00
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