Improper Input Validation Affecting qemu-project/qemu package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QEMUPROJECTQEMU-3007163
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 May 2016

CVE-2016-4037  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for qemu-project/qemu.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The ehci_advance_state 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 split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.

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