CVE-2015-8568
 
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
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 pĆ©rdida 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 denegaciĆ³n de servicio (consumo de memoria del host) al intentar activar el dispositivo vmxnet3 repetidamente.
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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- Decision:-
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Timeline
- 2015-12-15 CVE Reserved
- 2016-02-03 CVE Published
- 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE 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 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721 | Third Party Advisory |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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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 |
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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
Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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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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