CVE-2015-8504

MEDIUM

Qemu - DoS

Title source: llm

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)

[Various Sources] http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4c65fed8bdf96780735dbdb92a8

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3469

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3470

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/7

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78708

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1289541

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0281

EPSS Percentile 86.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-369

Status draft

Affected Products (6)

qemu/qemu < 2.4.1

qemu/qemu

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Apr 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026