CVE-2017-5898

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the emulated_apdu_from_guest function in usb/dev-smartcard-reader.c in Quick Emulator (Qemu), when built with the CCID Card device emulator support, allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large Application Protocol Data Units (APDU) unit.

Affected products

QEMU: through 2.8.1.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-ltss, 12-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For Sap: 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-sp1

References

http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7dfbf322595ded4e70b626bf83158a9f3807c6a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00048.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96112
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1856
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2392
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419699
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-28
http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7dfbf322595ded4e70b626bf83158a9f3807c6a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00045.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-02/msg00048.html

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