VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-5856

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…

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-401
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=765a707000e838c30b18d712fe6cb3dd8e0435f3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/19Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/14Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95999Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418342Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=765a707000e838c30b18d712fe6cb3dd8e0435f3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/19Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/14Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95999Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418342Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.