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CVE-2016-4037

Published: 20 April 2016

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24)
upstream Needs triage

wily
Released (1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.4)
xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.28)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

wily Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H