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CVE-2017-8112

Qemu: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 25, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 2.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')