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.
Published: 2017-03-16
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14933 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:48.732Z

Reserved: 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5856

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-16T15:59:01.007

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5856

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-01-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5856 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses