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

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 · 40th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-772
Affected: qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.