CVE-2017-5987 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in QEMU's sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function, affecting Debian and QEMU installations. A local, privileged guest OS user can trigger an infinite loop and crash the QEMU process by manipulating the transfer mode register during multi-block transfers. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.9.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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