{"id":"CVE-2015-5278","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-5278","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:44.886Z","title":"The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.","description":"The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.","published":"2020-01-23T20:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:28:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":["qemu/qemu","fedoraproject/fedora","canonical/ubuntu linux","arista/eos"],"epss":{"score":0.02276,"percentile":0.82978,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5278","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}