CVE-2017-8112 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop12 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.8+dfsg-5 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-5+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.36+3
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.9.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-q6cx-7x3w-57hw: hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu regression↗2017-09-20
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OSV
qemu vulnerabilities↗2017-09-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-8112: hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi↗2017-05-02
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Deluge Web UI 1.3.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery↗2017-03-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU regression↗2017-09-20
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-09-13
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Red Hat
Qemu: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2↗2017-04-25
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Debian
CVE-2017-8112: qemu - hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileg...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8112 Qemu: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2↗2017-04-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8112 Qemu: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2 [fedora-all]↗2017-04-26
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