CVE-2016-7466 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-7466 PUBLISHED

Memory leak in the usb_xhci_exit function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when the xhci uses msix, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and possibly QEMU process crash) by repeatedly unplugging a USB device.

EPSS 0.09% · 26.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.09%

26.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	qemu	0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10

Timeline

Sep 21, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7466 third-party-advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-09/msg02773.html third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/19/8 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3125-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7466 third-party-advisory

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