SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-5239

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.61%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.61% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
qemu/qemu · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · arista/eos
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.