CVE-2016-8576
MEDIUM6.0EPSS 0.10%qemu-kvm - security update
Published: 11/4/2016Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-8576DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8576
Description
The xhci_ring_fetch function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) by leveraging failure to limit the number of link Transfer Request Blocks (TRB) to process.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/qemufrom 0, < 2.8.1-r1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17
- Debian/qemu-kvmfrom 0, < 1.1.2+dfsg-6+deb7u17
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |