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

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-8354DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8354CGA-2262-h9rh-46hw+27 more

Published 19-09-2024Last modified 08-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8354 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

5.5/10

010

Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)

EPSS score

0.29%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 9

MGASA-2024-0387 SUSE-SU-2024:3744-1 SUSE-SU-2024:3948-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4094-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4304-1 SUSE-SU-2025:20076-1+4 more

Timeline

19-09-2024
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
08-11-2025
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

v3.15.5

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-617Reachable AssertionThe product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard14 products

qemu< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-block-iscsi< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-block-rbd< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-edk2-aarch64< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-edk2-x86_64< 11.0.1-r0

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Wolfi14 products

qemu< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-block-iscsi< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-block-rbd< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-edk2-aarch64< 11.0.1-r0
qemu-edk2-x86_64< 11.0.1-r0

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Debian1 product

qemuAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:10.1.1+ds-1

Qemu1 product

qemuna

Redhat1 product

enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0

Ubuntu1 product

qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm6 | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51+esm4 | < 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.42+esm5 | < 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.30+esm1 | < 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.28 | < 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.13 | < 1:10.1.0+ds-5ubuntu2.4

6 vendors · 32 products