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 split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.

CVSS v3.0 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

6.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/6	Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02691.html	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/3	Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02734.html	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86283	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc0::::::

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-05-23 12:59

Updated : 2023-02-12 15:20

NVD link : CVE-2016-4037

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4037

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

qemu

qemu

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6.0 /10

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.9 /10

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

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