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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-5987
The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator)...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96263
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e86d90352adf6cb08295255220295cf23c4286e
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421995
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.9.0, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 20th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.