VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8568
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.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.