Security Advisory
CVE-2016-7466
6
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
December 10, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory