CVE-2016-7995

Publication date 11 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Memory leak in the ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted buffer page select (PG) indexes.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:2.6.1+dfsg-0ubuntu5.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
qemu-kvm 16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

ratliff

break id 49d925ce50383a286278143c05511d30ec41a36e

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.0 · Medium

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

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