CVE-2017-5973 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's xhci_kick_epctx function, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. A local guest OS privileged user can trigger an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process by manipulating control transfer descriptor sequences. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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