VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-5856

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Primary references