CVE-2016-4037

Publication date 20 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The ehci_advance_state 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 split isochronous transfer descriptor (siTD) list, a related issue to CVE-2015-8558.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.24
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qemu-kvm 16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.28

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.0 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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