CVE-2016-8909

medium

Description

The intel_hda_xfer function in hw/audio/intel-hda.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an entry with the same value for buffer length and pointer position.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-11

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-10/msg04682.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93842

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/24/1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-04

Updated: 2023-02-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium