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ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856
ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
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:v3.8 | qemu | 2.1.0-r1, 0, 0.10.6-r0 |
| Alpine | qemu | |
| Alpine:v3.10 | qemu | 0.11.0-r0, 2.1.2-r0, 2.6.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | qemu | 1.5.1-r0, 0.10.6-r0, 0.10.6-r1 |
| QEMU | QEMU | |
| Alpine:v3.7 | qemu | 1.0-r4, 1.0.1-r1, 2.6.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | qemu | 1.1.0-r0, 0.12.5-r0, 2.5.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | qemu | 0.11.1-r1, 1.0-r4, 1.2.0-r1 |
Timeline
- Mar 16, 2017 CVE Published
- Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch