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CVE-2017-5987 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e86d90352adf6cb08295255220295cf23c4286e	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421995	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96263	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e86d90352adf6cb08295255220295cf23c4286e	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421995	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02776.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/14/8	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96263	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-835	Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
qemu qemu	<= 2.8.1.1 2.9.0 rc0 2.9.0 rc1 2.9.0 rc2 2.9.0 rc3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc4:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 10, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Sep 7, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 22, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]