CVE-2015-8568
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201602-01
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
Memory leak in QEMU, when built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by trying to activate the vmxnet3 device repeatedly.
La pérdida de memoria en QEMU, cuando se construye con un VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulador de soporte, permite a los usuarios locales invitados a provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria del host) al intentar activar el dispositivo vmxnet3 repetidamente.
Qinghao Tang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled PCI MSI-X support. An attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. Lian Yihan discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the VNC server. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-12-15 CVE Reserved
- 2016-02-03 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816 | 2020-09-10 | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html | 2020-09-10 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 | 2020-09-10 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 | 2020-09-10 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | <= 2.5.1 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.5.1" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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