VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8666
Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC system emulator.
HIGH 7.9EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in QEMU, when built with the Q35-chipset-based PC system emulator.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.9 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d9a3b33d2c9f996537b7f1d0246dee2d0120cefb
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79670Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283722Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d9a3b33d2c9f996537b7f1d0246dee2d0120cefb
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/24/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79670Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283722Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.