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CVE-2020-14394 (GCVE-0-2020-14394)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:46
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Summary
An infinite loop flaw was found in the USB xHCI controller emulation of QEMU while computing the length of the Transfer Request Block (TRB) Ring. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to hang the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
Severity
3.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a QEMU Affected: QEMU 6.1.50
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