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CVE-2016-8909

Published: 4 November 2016

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise
Released (1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.31)
trusty Does not exist

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.30)
xenial
Released (1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.6)
yakkety
Released (1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=0c0fc2b5fd534786051889459848764edd798050

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H