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CVE-2016-7995
Published:December 10, 2016
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (8)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/4
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7995
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b16c129daf0fed91febbb88de23dae8271c8898a
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg06609.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93454
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00140.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7995
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
CWE-772
EPSS
Base Score:
0.15