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CVE-2017-5856

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-5856
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD 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.