CVE-2016-2391
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CVE-2016-2391 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5/10 on the CVSS scale. The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to multiple eof_timers.. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The ohci_bus_start function in the USB OHCI emulation support (hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c) in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to multiple eof_timers.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qemu | Qemu | <= 2.5.1.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/16/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83263Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304794Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03374.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/16/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83263Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304794Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-02/msg03374.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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