CVE-2015-8504

MEDIUM

Qemu < 2.4.1 - Denial of Service via VNC SetPixelFormat Message

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Qemu, when built with VNC display driver support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (arithmetic exception and application crash) via crafted SetPixelFormat messages from a client.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289541
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/7
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78708

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0281
EPSS Percentile 86.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-369
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
qemu/qemu 2.5.0 rc0 (3 CPE variants)
qemu/qemu < 2.4.1
Published Apr 11, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026