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CVE-2017-5973

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Date: March 27, 2017

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5973
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5973
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.html
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5973
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5973
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5973

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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