CVE-2017-5973

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5973
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-27T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-04T17:15:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-835 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.8.1.1
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01101.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421626 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96220 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/11 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f89b60f6e5fee3923bedf80e82b4e5efc1bb156b Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2408 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5973
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5973
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:58:26 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:09:01 2017-03-27T15:59Z 2017-03-27T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:09:01 2021-08-04T17:15:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:09:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated