CVE-2017-8112

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 33.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (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:C/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

2017-05-02 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-04-25

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

54da5ce76ec44bb27b65224ecb70487407fb1b2733d6bd2c4e0a886eb7aa492c

• 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=1445621x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170426 CVE-2017-8112 Qemu: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com98015http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98015vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20170425 Re: [PATCH] vmw_pvscsi: check message ring page count at initialisationhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST