{"action":"Upgrade qemu to 2.8.1-r1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.8.1-r1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"qemu","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.9","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.8.1-r1"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9JXM2ABXB25WFFEZE4732","modified_at":"2026-06-15T18:25:23.891856145Z","published_at":"2017-03-16T15:59:01.007Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-5856"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":6.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856#Alpine:v3.9/qemu","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-5856"}],"summary":"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 Mega"}