CVE-2016-8909 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.96%
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 intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an entry with the same value for buffer length and pointer position.

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-m9v3-pqj8-j8x7: The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8909: The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda↗2016-11-04
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OSV
CVE-2016-8909: The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda↗2016-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2016-11-09
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Red Hat
Qemu: audio: intel-hda: infinite loop in processing dma buffer stream↗2016-10-20
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Debian
CVE-2016-8909: qemu - The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator)...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8909 Qemu: audio: intel-hda: infinite loop in processing dma buffer stream [fedora-all]↗2016-10-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8909 Qemu: audio: intel-hda: infinite loop in processing dma buffer stream↗2016-10-24
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