CVE-2015-6815

LOW

Qemu < 2.4.0.1 - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule

Description

The process_tx_desc function in hw/net/e1000.c in QEMU before 2.4.0.1 does not properly process transmit descriptor data when sending a network packet, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

References (13)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168077.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168646.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168671.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00026.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00005.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00011.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/04/4

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/5

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2745-1

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260076

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg01199.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2015-09/msg05832.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1188-security-advisory-14

Scores

CVSS v3 3.5

EPSS 0.0225

EPSS Percentile 84.3%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-835

Status published

Affected Products (30)

qemu/qemu < 2.4.0.1

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server

... and 15 more

Timeline

Published Jan 31, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026