CVE-2017-5987

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5987
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-20 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc4 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc3 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 2.9.0 rc4 All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
QEMU 'hw/sd/sdhci.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/4] sd: sdhci: check transfer mode register MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit CONFIRM git.qemu-project.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/commit git.qemu-project.org
oss-security - CVE-2017-5987 Qemu: sd: infinite loop issue in multi block transfers MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1421995 – CVE-2017-5987 Qemu: sd: infinite loop issue in multi block transfers CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-01) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710523 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201704-01)
  • 900063 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
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