Medium severity · published Jan 23, 2020
CVE-2015-5278
The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute…
6.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ne2000_receive function in hw/net/ne2000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and instance crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to receiving packets.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EO
Eos · Arista
4.12; 4.13; 4.14; 4.15 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
21; 22; 23 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
before 2.4.0.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5278
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5278
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/2
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg03985.html
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