CVE-2015-8558
Moderate
CVE-2015-8558
The ehci_process_itd 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 isochronous transfer descriptor (iTD) list.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
May 23, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-8558
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The ehci_process_itd 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 isochronous transfer descriptor (iTD) list.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=156a2e4dbffa85997636a7a39ef12da6f1b40254
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80694
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277983
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02124.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01