Medium severity · published Apr 11, 2017
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…
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 2.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8568
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8568
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/15/10
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79721
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289816
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-12/msg02299.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
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