CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8558

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: May 23, 2016 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
2.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular isochronous transfer descriptor (iTD) list.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qemu Qemu * 2.5.1.1 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu devel *
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu vivid *
Qemu Ubuntu wily *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise *

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