CVE-2015-8568
Published: 16 December 2015
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | same patch as CVE-2015-8567 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Released
(2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.22)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| wily |
Released
(1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9.2)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=aa4a3dce1c88ed51b616806b8214b7c8428b7470 |
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|
qemu-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 6.5 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |