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CVE-2017-5973

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Mar 27, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
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
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5973
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to control transfer descriptor sequence.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
QemuQemu*2.8.1.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata)RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-10.el7*
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatqemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-14.el7*
QemuUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
QemuUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
QemuUbuntutrusty*
QemuUbuntutrusty/esm*
QemuUbuntuxenial*
QemuUbuntuyakkety*
Qemu-kvmUbuntuprecise*
Qemu-kvmUbuntuprecise/esm*

References

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