CVE-2017-8112

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.9.1 - Denial of Service via Message Ring Page Count

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445621
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98015
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu < 2.9.1
Published May 02, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026