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CVE-2017-5898

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5898 describes an integer overflow in the QEMU CCID Card device emulator, specifically within the emulated_apdu_from_guest function, affecting various QEMU and SUSE Linux Enterprise products. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that can lead to a denial of service through an application crash. While the potential impact is high availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:ltss:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-141.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev-10:2.9.0-14.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: qemu-kvm-rhev

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5898Moderate

Qemu: usb: integer overflow in emulated_apdu_from_guest

Feb 3, 2017

References

git.qemu-project.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00045.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00048.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1856
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2392
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-28
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96112
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry