Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:2.10.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QEMU-5694040
  • published16 Jun 2017
  • disclosed16 Jun 2017

Introduced: 16 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9375  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 qemu to version 1:2.10.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB xHCI controller emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursive call) via vectors involving control transfer descriptors sequencing.

CVSS Scores

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