CVE-2016-2198
published 2016-12-29CVE-2016-2198: QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application…
PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.42%
34.5th percentile
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers. A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | qemu | < qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-1 (bookworm) | qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-1 (bookworm) |
| qemu | qemu | <= 2.5.1.1 | — |
| qemu | qemu | — | — |
| qemu | qemu | >= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| qemu | qemu | >= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| qemu | qemu | >= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| qemu | qemu | >= 0 < 1:2.6+dfsg-1 | 1:2.6+dfsg-1 |
| qemu | qemu | >= 0 < 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22 | 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv6.0MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-4fg5-fcph-rgxc: QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-4fg5-fcph-rgxc: QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers. A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
OSV
CVE-2016-2198: QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw
osv·2016-12-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2198: QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers. A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
osv·2016-02-03·CVSS 6.0
CVE-2015-7549 [MEDIUM] qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled PCI MSI-X support. An
attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-7549)
Lian Yihan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VNC server. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2015-8504)
Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized
drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the
paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(crash the host) or potentially execute arbitrary code on the host.
(CVE-2015-8550)
Qinghao Tang discovered th
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2016-02-03·CVSS 6.0
CVE-2015-7549 [MEDIUM] QEMU vulnerabilities
Title: QEMU vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in QEMU.
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled PCI MSI-X support. An
attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-7549)
Lian Yihan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VNC server. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2015-8504)
Felix Wilhelm discovered a race condition in the Xen paravirtualized
drivers which can cause double fetch vulnerabilities. An attacker in the
paravirtualized guest could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(crash the host) or potentially execute arbitrary code on th
Red Hat
Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write
vendor_redhat·2016-01-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write
Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers. A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the QEMU emulator built with USB EHCI emulation support. The flaw could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI-capability registers. A privileged user inside a quest could exploit this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance (denial of service).
Statement: This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently
planned to be addressed in future updates. F
Debian
CVE-2016-2198: qemu - QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerabl...
vendor_debian·2016·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2198: qemu - QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerabl...
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers. A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:2.6+dfsg-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2198 xen: Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-01-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2198 xen: Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-2198 xen: Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supporte
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2198 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2016-01-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2198 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write [fedora-all]
CVE-2016-2198 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported ver
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2198 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write
bugzilla·2016-01-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-2198 [MEDIUM] CVE-2016-2198 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write
CVE-2016-2198 Qemu: usb: ehci null pointer dereference in ehci_caps_write
Qemu emulator built with the USB EHCI emulation support is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference flaw. It could occur when an application attempts to write to EHCI capabilities registers.
A privileged user inside quest could use this flaw to crash the Qemu process instance resulting in DoS.
Upstream patch:
-> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg05899.html
Reference:
-> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/30/2
Discussion:
Statement:
This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently
planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/err
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/29/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/30/2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301643https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg05899.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/29/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/30/2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1301643https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-01/msg05899.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-01
2016-12-29
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