CVE-2016-4037 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Qemu

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-835 — Infinite Loop10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.5OSV5.0
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
QemuDebian QemuCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 23
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.6+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.6+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24+1
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.5.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Fedora 22, 23, 24, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04

Patches

Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3cv8-m6fw-pjg4: The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-4037: The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci↗2016-05-23
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2016-05-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-05-12
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Red Hat
Qemu: usb: Infinite loop vulnerability in usb_ehci using siTD process↗2016-04-18
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Debian
CVE-2016-4037: qemu - The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest ...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4037 xen: qemu: Infinite loop vulnerability in usb_ehci using siTD process [fedora-all]↗2016-04-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4037 qemu: Infinite loop vulnerability in usb_ehci using siTD process [fedora-all]↗2016-04-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4037 Qemu: usb: Infinite loop vulnerability in usb_ehci using siTD process↗2016-04-08
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