ALPINE-CVE-2017-5667 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2017-5667 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.5	qemu	0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.9	qemu	1.5.1-r0, 1.5.0-r1, 1.5.0-r0
Alpine:v3.10	qemu	1.0-r1, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.8	qemu	0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.7	qemu	1.0.1-r1, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1
Alpine:v3.6	qemu	2.8.1-r0, 2.8.0-r4, 2.8.0-r3

Timeline

Mar 16, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5667 advisory

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