CVE-2015-8558: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular isochronous transfer descriptor (iTD) list.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Qemu Qemu: up to and including 2.5.1.1

Published 2016-05-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.