Medium severity · published Jun 16, 2016
CVE-2016-2391
The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer…
5.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to multiple eof_timers.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.5.1.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2391
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2391
git.qemu.org
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa1298c2d623522eda7b4f1f721fcb935abb7360
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/16/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83263
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304794
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html
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