CVE-2015-8701
Published: 29 December 2016
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the Rocker switch emulation support is vulnerable to an off-by-one error. It happens while processing transmit (tx) descriptors in 'tx_consume' routine, if a descriptor was to have more than allowed (ROCKER_TX_FRAGS_MAX=16) fragments. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to cause memory leakage on the host or crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS issue.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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qemu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=007cd223de527b5f41278f2d886c1a4beb3e67aa |
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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 |