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CVE-2015-8556

Published: 24 March 2017

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
gentoo-specific issue, not suid in Debian/Ubuntu

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

10.0

Score breakdown

Status

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

trusty Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

vivid Not vulnerable

wily Not vulnerable

qemu-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

vivid Does not exist

wily Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 10.0
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H