CVE-2015-8745
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201602-01
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to crash issue. It could occur while reading Interrupt Mask Registers (IMR). A privileged (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS.
QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator) construido con un soporte de emulador VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC es vulnerable a un problema de caída. Podría ocurrir mientras lee Interrupt Mask Registers (IMR). Un usuario invitado privilegiado (CAP_SYS_RAWIO) podría usar esta falla para bloquear la instancia de proceso QEMU resultando en DoS.
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
- 2016-01-04 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-617: Reachable Assertion
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c6048f849c7e3f009786df76206e895 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/4 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/04/7 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79822 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034575 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270876 | Issue Tracking |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471 | 2023-02-13 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01 | 2023-02-13 |
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" | <= 2.4.1 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.4.1" | - |
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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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