CVE-2017-8112 Information

Description

hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98015 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445621 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5