CVE-2017-5987

MEDIUM

QEMU < 2.8.1.1 - Denial of Service via SDHCI SDMA Multi-Block Transfer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the transfer mode register during multi block transfer.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96263
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421995
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu 2.9.0 rc0 (5 CPE variants)
qemu/qemu < 2.8.1.1
Published Mar 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026