CVE-2015-8558
The ehci_process_itd 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 isochronous transfer
02 Description
The ehci_process_itd 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 isochronous transfer
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-05-23 19:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f3d096cb25aa59fc12a29ead9c9fa6c85ecf5323b0cb0498736ff95b47f32de1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151214 CVE request Qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/9
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20151214 [PATCH] ehci: make idt processing more robusthttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02124.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151214 Re: CVE request Qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/16
- www.securityfocus.com80694http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80694
- www.debian.orgDSA-3469http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- www.debian.orgDSA-3470http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277983
- git.qemu.orghttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254
- www.debian.orgDSA-3471http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201602-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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