CVE-2015-8567
high
CVSS v3
7.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.7
Description
Memory leak in net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
85%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | Affected | — |
| 22 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 12 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:2.5+dfsg-3 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | qemu | {"endIncluding":"2.5.1.1"} | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8567.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176503.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176558.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175967.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176300.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-01/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00087.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00003.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2891-1
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8567
CWEs
CWE-401
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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