The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local OS guest privileged users to…

Description

The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the transfer mode register during multi block transfer.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-835 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 96263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e86d90352adf6cb08295255220295cf23c4286e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170214 CVE-2017-5987 Qemu: sd: infinite loop issue in multi block transfers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [qemu-devel] 20170213 Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/4] sd: sdhci: check transfer mode register in multi block transfer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201704-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 15:18 UTC.