CVE-2017-5973

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

0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 37.7% 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.

Published

2017-03-27 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

f6b48837df116acfa27e70004bbf9fd7c64219b5d0658fd88d980c7dbfa07421

• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20170206 [PATCH] xhci: apply limits to loopshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2392https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201704-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170214 CVE-2017-5973 Qemu: usb: infinite loop while doing control transfer in xhci_kick_epctxhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.qemu-project.orghttp://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com96220http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2408https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT