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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-8576

CVE-2016-8576

MEDIUM6.0

The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci

Published Nov 4, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process.

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=05f43d44e4bc26611ce25fd7d726e483f73363ce

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/6

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93469

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg01265.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8576

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

HighPR:H

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

6/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 4, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2016-8576 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence