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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-5165

The C+ mode offload emulation in the RTL8139 network card device model in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, allows remote attackers to read process heap memory via unspecified vectors.

HIGH 9.3EPSS 13.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The C+ mode offload emulation in the RTL8139 network card device model in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.5.x and earlier, allows remote attackers to read process heap memory via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
13.29% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-908
Affected
xen/xen · fedoraproject/fedora · suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · suse/linux enterprise server · debian/debian linux · redhat/openstack · redhat/virtualization · redhat/enterprise linux compute node eus · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux eus compute node · redhat/enterprise linux for power big endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power big endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux for scientific computing · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus from rhui · redhat/enterprise linux server from rhui · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · +4 more
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 13.29%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 13.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.