CVE-2017-8112

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.9.1 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.

References (6)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98015

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445621

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (3)

qemu/qemu < 2.9.1

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published May 02, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026