Description
The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.
Published: 2016-05-23
Score: 6.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1599-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5043 The ehci_advance_state function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2974-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Qemu Qemu
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:17:30.084Z

Reserved: 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4037

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-23T19:59:06.933

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4037

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4037 - Bugzilla

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