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MEDIUM
CVE-2016-4037
QEMU USB EHCI Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 23, 2016, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4037 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Qemu qemu

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-4037 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4037 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2 [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2 Vendor Advisory http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/3 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/18/6 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86283 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86283 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02691.html Vendor Advisory https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02691.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02734.html Vendor Advisory https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02734.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86283 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Removed CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2974-1
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02691.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02691.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02734.html No Types Assigned https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-04/msg02734.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2 No Types Assigned http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=1ae3f2f178087711f9591350abad133525ba93f2 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4037 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-4037 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.24592

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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