Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2024-8354Qemu-kvm: usb: assertion failure in usb_ep_get()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in qemu. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in QEMU. An assertion failure was present in the usb_ep_get() function in hw/net/core.c when trying to get the USB endpoint from a USB device. This flaw may allow a malicious unprivileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host and cause a denial of service condition.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12qemuno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-8354
Debian:13qemuno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-8354
Debian:14qemu1:10.1.1+ds-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8354
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqemu1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.27USN-7744-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqemu1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.28USN-8073-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSqemu1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8354
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqemu1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.13USN-8073-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqemu1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.10USN-7744-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqemu1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8354
Ubuntu:25.10qemu1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8354
Ubuntu:25.10qemu1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.4USN-8073-1

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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