CVE-2017-8112
Moderate
CVE-2017-8112
hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
May 2, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
123 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-8112
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hw/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via the message ring page count.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/26/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98015
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445621
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg04578.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03