SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted buffer page select (PG) indexes.

MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.39% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-772
Affected
qemu/qemu · opensuse/leap
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.