CVE-2016-8576 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Qemu

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-835 — Infinite Loop10 documents8 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
QemuDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process.

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 Packages5 packages

▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-1+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.7.1
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.2
▶NVDredhat/openstack6 versions+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-vcwq-9qrw-7mh3: The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-8576: The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2016-11-04
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8576: The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2016-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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Red Hat
Qemu: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch↗2016-10-06
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Debian
CVE-2016-8576: qemu - The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) a...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8576 xen: Qemu: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch [fedora-all]↗2016-10-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8576 Qemu: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch [fedora-all]↗2016-10-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8576 Qemu: usb: xHCI: infinite loop vulnerability in xhci_ring_fetch↗2016-05-05
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CVE-2016-8576 — Qemu vulnerability | cvebase