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CVE-2015-8558
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.48%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 59% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- [oss-security] 20151214 CVE request Qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [qemu-devel] 20151214 [PATCH] ehci: make idt processing more robust (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151214 Re: CVE request Qemu: usb: infinite loop in ehci_advance_state results in DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 80694 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3469 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-3470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277983 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3471 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201602-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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