CVE-2017-5667

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.8.1.1 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap access and crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving the data transfer length.

References (8)

[Various Sources] http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=42922105beb14c2fc58185ea022b9f72fb5465e9

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/2

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/10

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95885

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417559

[Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 44.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (3)

qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 16, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026