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CVE-2017-8112

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8112 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's vmw_pvscsi.c component, affecting Debian Linux and QEMU, where a local guest OS privileged user can trigger an infinite loop and high CPU consumption by manipulating the message ring page count. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to a complete system outage. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-8112Low

Qemu: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2

Apr 25, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-03
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98015
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry