CVE-2015-8558

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: May 23, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

The ehci_process_itd 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 isochronous transfer descriptor (iTD) list.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/16

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/9

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80694

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277983

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02124.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254