CVE-2017-5973 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 73.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
QemuDebian LinuxRedhat Openstack+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 27
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to control transfer descriptor sequence.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-3+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.8.1.1
▶NVDredhat/openstack6 versions+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v347-c52r-65xm: The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-5973: The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2017-03-27
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OSV
CVE-2017-5973: The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci↗2017-03-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-04-20
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Red Hat
Qemu: usb: infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctx↗2017-02-13
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Debian
CVE-2017-5973: qemu - The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) a...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5973 Qemu: usb: infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctx [fedora-all]↗2017-02-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5973 Qemu: usb: infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctx↗2017-02-13
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