Medium severity · published May 23, 2016
CVE-2016-4037
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…
6.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% 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
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22; 23; 24 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.5.1; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0 · 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-2016-4037
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4037
git.qemu.org
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/6
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