VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8818
The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which allows local privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The cpu_physical_memory_write_rom_internal function in exec.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) does not properly skip MMIO regions, which allows local privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771Issue Tracking
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b242e0e0e2969c044a318e56f7988bbd84de1f63
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2670.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2671.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2704.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2705.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2706.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/01/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300771Issue Tracking
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.