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CVE-2017-8112

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: May 02, 2017 | Modified: Sep 10, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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
3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8112
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html

hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.

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 * 2.9.1 (including)
Qemu Ubuntu trusty *
Qemu Ubuntu xenial *
Qemu Ubuntu yakkety *
Qemu Ubuntu zesty *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise *
Qemu-kvm Ubuntu precise/esm *

References

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