CVE-2017-5856
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.14%Published: 3/16/2017Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5856
Description
Memory leak in the megasas_handle_dcmd function in hw/scsi/megasas.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via MegaRAID Firmware Interface (MFI) commands with the sglist size set to a value over 2 Gb.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/qemufrom 0, < 2.8.1-r1
- Debian/qemufrom 0, < 1:2.8+dfsg-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |