CVE-2017-6505
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) before 2.9.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-9330.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:2.8+dfsg-4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.8.1.1"} | |
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=95ed56939eb2eaa4e2f349fe6dcd13ca4edfd8fb
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/06/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96611
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429432
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6505.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6505
CWEs
CWE-835
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.