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CVE-2016-7995
Memory leak in the ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to…
Medium6.0EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
Memory leak in the ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted buffer page select (PG) indexes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- [qemu-devel] 20160926 Re: [PATCH] usb: ehci: fix memory leak in ehci_process_itd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b16c129daf0fed91febbb88de23dae8271c8898a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161007 CVE request Qemu: usb: hcd-ehci: memory leak in ehci_process_itd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161008 Re: CVE request Qemu: usb: hcd-ehci: memory leak in ehci_process_itd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 93454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .