CVE-2017-5973medium
Description
The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to control transfer descriptor sequence.
References
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-03-27
Updated: 2021-08-04
Type: CWE-835
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM