CVE-2016-8909

MEDIUM

QEMU - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an entry with the same value for buffer length and pointer position.

References (9)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/1

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/4

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93842

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg04682.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 10.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (11)

qemu/qemu < 2.7.1

debian/debian_linux

opensuse/leap

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/openstack

redhat/virtualization

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Nov 04, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026