CVE-2017-5667
Moderate
CVE-2017-5667
The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap access and crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving the data transfer length.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
March 16, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
117 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-5667
View original source
The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap access and crash) or execute arbitrary code on the QEMU host via vectors involving the data transfer length.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=42922105beb14c2fc58185ea022b9f72fb5465e9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/30/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95885
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417559
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28