CVE-2017-5987 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop10 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 20
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:2.8+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:2.8+dfsg-3+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.33+1
▶NVDqemu/qemu2.8.1.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: lists.gnu.org ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gpmq-fqjh-4prc: The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci↗2022-05-13
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OSV
qemu vulnerabilities↗2017-04-20
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OSV
CVE-2017-5987: The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci↗2017-03-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-04-25
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Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2017-04-20
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Red Hat
Qemu: sd: infinite loop issue in multi block transfers↗2017-01-31
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Debian
CVE-2017-5987: qemu - The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quic...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5987 Qemu: sd: infinite loop issue in multi block transfers↗2017-02-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5987 Qemu: sd: infinite loop issue in multi block transfers [fedora-all]↗2017-02-14
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