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CVE-2015-5239

Published: 3 September 2015

Integer overflow in the VNC display driver in QEMU before 2.1.0 allows attachers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a CLIENT_CUT_TEXT message, which triggers an infinite loop.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
DoS

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
qemu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.19)
upstream Needs triage

vivid Not vulnerable
(1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.4)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=f9a70e79391f6d7c2a912d785239ee8effc1922d
qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.25)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H