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CVE-2017-5856
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-16T15:59:01.007 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:19.913

Summary

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.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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